A Recharged TH!NK Contemplates its Comeback   24 Sep 2007 14:39 GMT
I like electric cars, and you should, too. Electric is, frankly, where it's at. Amid the flurry of automakers' ain't-we-green hydrogen fuel-cell experimentation, a few small companies have quietly (and we do mean quietly) unplugged some very convincing 100-percent-electric vehicles....
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Londoners Relieved With Strike Suspension   24 Sep 2007 14:39 GMT
London Underground passengers were relieved to find their Tube stations open after a two day union strike. The protest against job cuts and pensions resulted in disruptions on ten of the twelve Underground lines and the closing of several hundred...
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The Bricklin Returns--As a Plug-In Hybrid   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
If you're old enough to remember the Bricklin SV-1--a gull-winged sports car with a design that emphasized safety--you may be glad to hear that its creator, Malcolm Bricklin is not only alive and kicking, but that he plans to bring...
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Today in History: Nader Wins—Safety Rules   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
September 9, 1966 After whipping the motoring public to a froth with Unsafe at Any Speed, his best-selling condemnation of American automakers' callous disregard for occupant protection (particularly General Motors and its newly notorious Chevrolet Corvair), Ralph Nader (pictured) celebrated...
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Today in History: Take the 'A' Train   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
"You must take the A train, To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem If you miss the A train, You'll find you've missed the quickest way to Harlem. Hurry, get on, now it's coming. Listen to those rails...
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Chinese Automaker Ruffles German Giants' Feathers   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
The microcar in the upper left is from a Chinese company called Shuanghuan. The car on the right is from some obscure outfit called Mercedes Benz. The car in the lower left is also from Shuanghuan. The car on the...
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Solar Aircraft Sets UAV Duration Record &mdash Or Not   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
White Sands, NM— High above the U.S. Military's vast White Sands Missile Range, an impossibly fragile-looking aircraft called Zephyr, built by the British defense contractor QinetiQ, may have set a new record for the longest-duration unmanned flight—or perhaps not. Because...
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GM's Opel Flextreme Promises a European Electric Car   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
It may not look like the Volt, but on Thursday GM will unveil its Opel Flextreme, which shares a platform and essential design of its American electric car still in development. Both cars are powered by a front-mounted electric motor...
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Smart ForTwo Nudges Toward Hybrid   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
Smart calls it the "ForTwo Micro Hybrid," which seems vaguely apologetic. "Micro" doesn't describe the car; it qualifies the hybrid technology, which is really just a start/stop system. When the car slows to 8km, the engine stops and then is...
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As Health Care Costs Wrench Auto Industry, Workers Flee to . . . Health Care   24 Sep 2007 14:38 GMT
Insiders quip that Detroit's Big Three automakers are health-care companies that dabble in cars. This week industry leaders are engaged in some of the most intense labor negotiations in decades to amputate those health-care costs--and the jobs that go with...
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