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GM and Toyota's Race to Build Electric Cars (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Toyota is being cautious with the technology, but GM is full-speed-ahead for a 2010 launch of its Volt. To the victor will go the spoils
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Concept cars show 'fascination' with fuel economy (CTV.ca)
By the look of the latest crop of concept cars to be unveiled at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, automakers remain fixated on pursuing alternative fuels and smaller, lighter vehicles. We expect at least 17 new experimental vehicles will be shown to the world for the first time there.
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Why people like cars with ‘angry faces’ (The Christian Science Monitor)
One of the coolest aspects of the fabric-covered BMW GINA concept car is a little subconscious. I'm sure I was not the only person who felt, at first sight, as though the car were glaring at me. The sharp hood resembles an angry robot staring you down with its icy ...
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PHEVs: How does 100 mpg sound? (Market Watch)
Several major automakers are fast-tracking production of plug-in hybrid cars, and in a few years, when the vehicles are plugged in at night en masse, the price of electricity might not even flinch.
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Electric cars shine at Paris auto show (The Kalamazoo Gazette)
Renault's ZE Concept electric car is displayed during the second press day of the Paris Motor Show on Friday. Renault is focusing its energies on developing a fully electric car by 2012. Electric cars are a focus of auto industry interest -- and uncertainties -- at the Paris auto show this week. Photo by Francois Mori, Associated Press. Related content • Read more auto industry news on ...
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Banks trim prime rate as Ottawa offers mortgage relief (CTV British Columbia)
Canada's big banks are lowering their prime lending rates in response to an announcement Friday that the federal government will buy $25 billion worth of mortgage debt to help free up credit markets.
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Electric cars shine at Paris Motor Show (New York Daily News)
As the race to offer the first commercially viable electric car charges up, automakers hoping to cash in on environmental concerns displayed a slew of models at the Paris Motor Show.
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Subaru’s Singapore stunt (Manila Standard Today)
While the Formula One racing fever was raging in Singapore, the Motor Image Group was pulling out rabbits from its hat. Motor Image rolled out the Subaru Exiga MPV, which was purposely built for the Japanese market.
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Sydney Motor Show 2008 round-up (cnet.com.au)
Despite many big name brands dropping out, there was still a good amount of interesting metal and technology on display at this year's Sydney Motor Show.
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For some, a chance to buy a dream (Lebanon Daily News)
HERSHEY – Dr. Robert Sorrentino admired the like-new silver-and-eggshell 1926 Nash Roadster he had just bought in partnership with friend Al Vacco. “It’s very rare.
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