Who's to Blame for Air Travel's Summer of Hell?   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
There's certainly plenty of blame to go around. More than 909,000 flights were late this year, about double the level of 2002. There were 339 incidents of planes getting too close together or too close to objects on the ground....
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Mercedes-Benz Plays the Name Game &mdash Again   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
The Mercedes-Benz pavilion at the Frankfurt Motor Show is big. And busy. Amid the flurry of gasoline engines that combust like diesel engines and diesel engines that emit like gasoline engines —and electric-motor-assisted hybrid versions of both —it...
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When Ford Sells, Who Will Buy Volvo?   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
After the Ford Motor Company's abrupt sell-off of Aston Martin last March, there's been much discussion about possible sales of Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo, too —and a lot of talk about buyers. Sources have reported that BMW has...
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Brits Aim to Ban Gasoline and Diesel Cars by 2040   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
As part of an admirable but highly optimistic plan for a "Zero-Carbon Britain" by the year 2050, British Liberal Democrats announced today that they are committed to the complete abolition of gasoline- and diesel-powered cars by 2040. As a first...
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EPA Mileage Estimates Catch Up to How People Actually Drive   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
The EPA's mileage estimates have long ignored the aggression and impatience with which motorist's actually drive their vehicles. But for 2008 vehicles, the agency's standards will come closer to reflecting, well, reality. The new sticker will still carry the self-defeating...
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Court Tosses California's Global Warming Lawsuit Againt Automakers   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
Former California governor Jerry ("Moonbeam") Brown, who is the state's current attorney general, got slapped by a federal judge yesterday for bringing a lawsuit against the six largest automakers, blaming them, essentially, for global warming. The lawsuit sought damages for...
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Rail's New Competitor: Buses. Part II: BRT Slashes Subway Project   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
This is a continuation of a series of posts concerning bus rapid transit (BRT). See the first post, "What is Bus Rapid Transit?" here. A light rail train is what San Francisco's Geary Boulevard bus passengers have always dreamed of—it...
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Leno's Best Joke in Years: The BMW Hydrogen 7   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
So a guy drives into a bar in a BMW Hydrogen 7 and the bartender says, "What do you want?" The guy answers, "I just came in to take a leak." It's funnier if you know the Hydrogen 7. The...
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Are You Too Fat for Your Car?   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
Oh, we do love to eat. Too much, probably, if our cars' maximum permissible load ratings are any indication. We might be surprised to realize just how easy it is to exceed a manufacturer's Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) for...
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From Brooklyn Elevated Trains to Deep Level Tubes in 25 Seconds   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
In late 19th century, steam engines ran above the streets of Brooklyn. Today, the MTA is boring tunnels underneath Second Avenue in Manhattan. New York's oldest remaining elevated rail line was built in 1893, and since then, over 722 miles...
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