Environmentally Conscioius Swedes Are Hugely Conflicted   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
In a country that generally takes global warming to heart, Swedes love their big cars. Many of those vehicles happen to be Volvos and Saabs. As a result, Sweden has the highest carbon-emitting vehicles in the European Union. In 2004,...
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Mitsubishi's U.S. Revival Still Faces Big Potholes   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Only a year ago many analysts believed Mitsubishi would abandon the U.S. The company had lost some $2 billion, dealers were furious with the parent company and customers couldn't get their cars fixed for a lack of parts. Tuesday's Wall...
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Smart Fortwo Gets Smarter   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
DaimlerChrysler has released technical details for the electric version of its Smart Fortwo. A 30kW/41 hp magnetic motor sends power to the rear wheels. Batteries for the car are, oddly, sodium-nickel-chloride, which are known for their high capacity and their...
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Will the Mazda2 Make It to U.S. Shores?   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Show just about any Mazda dealer in America this subcompact, and they'll be begging to sell it. Yet the fully revamped Mazda2 is headed to Europe--as usual--with no immediate plans for sales in the U.S. The car features a 1.3-liter...
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Hard Disk Drives in the Car? Are You Crazy?   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Autoblog's Dan Roth fairly gushes about the possibilities of putting a hard drive in your car. Imagine a single hard drive that integrates with the telemetry, navigation, entertainment, and other systems in the car. [It] would centralize those systems and...
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If It Survives Ford, Range Rover Gets Aluminium Body, Hybrid   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Land Rover's fortunes are still up in the air. Meanwhile, Ford has given the green light to begin development on an entirely new Range Rover, which will debut in 2012. It will have an aluminum body shell, using the same...
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Formula One Boils Down to Two Words: Lewis Hamilton   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Never in Formula One history has a rookie stormed through the season like Lewis Hamilton. Though he was denied a victory last week in his native England at the British Grand Prix, he nonetheless took the podium--his ninth time in...
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Do Biofuels Hurt or Help the World's Poor?   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
The presidents of Cuba and the United States have begun a new food fight, this time concerning biofuels. Castro has dubbed as diobilical the turning of food into fuel. Bush is backing ethanol production with what's left of his political...
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Chinese Vehicles Could Arrive in U.S. by 2008   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
China America Cooperative Automotive, Inc. (CHAMCO) of Parsippany, N.J., says it plans to begin importing a four-door SUV and a four-door pickup truck based on the same chassis by 2008. Both vehicles start at about $13,500. Model names haven't been...
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Formula One Leaves the U.S.   30 Jul 2007 15:16 GMT
Indianapolis Motor Speedway will not host the the United States Grand Prix Formula 1 event next year after eight consecutive annual events since 2000. The cancellation of the only U.S. Formula 1 event followed an impasse in contractual negotiations between...
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