Ford Hybrid Goes 1,445 Miles On One Tank   30 Apr 2009 23:27 GMT
A team led by a NASCAR racer and the guy who coined the term “hypermiling” spent 69 hours and $37 driving a bone-stock Ford Fusion Hybrid 1,445.7 miles on a single tank of gas, a feat Ford says sets a new record for fuel efficiency Hypermiling king Wayne Gerdes and NASCAR driver Carl Edwards were among [...]
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Bankruptcy Might Finally Bring Fuel Efficiency To Chrysler   30 Apr 2009 21:46 GMT
The inevitable has finally happened. Chrysler, the smallest and weakest of the Big Three, is filing for bankruptcy and hitching its wagon to Italian automotive giant Fiat. At long last we might finally see some small, fuel-efficient cars from an automaker that milked the SUV cash cow until long after it ran dry. It’s not going [...]
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Whoops! 737 Lands At Wrong Airport   30 Apr 2009 19:50 GMT
As if there aren’t enough reasons to hate flying, TAAG Angola Airlines added another to the list when one of its pilots landed at the wrong airport. Oops. The Boeing 737 was to land at Lusaka International Airport in Zambia but instead touched down 10 miles away at an airfield used by the country’s air force. The [...]
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Mazda Sends Hydrogen RX-8s To Norway   30 Apr 2009 18:32 GMT
Mazda, which has been fiddling with hydrogen cars for a long time, is sending some hydrogen-fueled RX-8 sports cars to Norway. Norway? Yep. Norway loves the stuff enough to build a hydrogen highway, and Mazda is more than happy to send them some cars that run on it. Although there’s a lot of debate over hydrogen’s near-term [...]
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Chrysler Bankruptcy Plan Is Announced   30 Apr 2009 18:01 GMT
The U.S. will provide financing during the bankruptcy proceeding, which officials envisioned as a swift, “surgical” process.


Source: NY Times

A Primer on a Chrysler Bankruptcy   30 Apr 2009 18:00 GMT
How the first bankruptcy for a major automaker since Studebaker in 1933 is likely to play out.


Source: NY Times

Wheels: Bankrupcty and Fiat in Chrysler's Future?   30 Apr 2009 13:33 GMT
As midnight signals the end of the President Obama’s deadline for Chrysler to prove itself to be a viable automaker, Thursday is shaping up as Chrysler Day.


Source: NY Times

Art Bikes With Bite   30 Apr 2009 10:00 GMT
A one-man art bike building powerhouse known as the Montana Transit Authority is distracting pedestrians and stopping traffic with custom-built two- and three-wheelers we can only be describe as extraordinary. Neal Fagen, a Montana transplant working in the cycling mecca of Portland, Oregon, is responsible for the Montana Transit Authority’s creations. He started making [...]
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The World’s Ugliest Corvette   30 Apr 2009 09:30 GMT
Jason Castriota of the Italian coach building company Stile Bertone is turning heads again with a bug-like supercar based on the awesome Corvette ZR-1. The Mantide - that’s pronounced MAN-tih-day, and it’s Italian for mantis - retains the super-Vette’s 638-horsepower supercharged V-8 engine but wraps it in bodywork that’s funky to say the least. Castriota [...]
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As Detroit Is Remade, the U.A.W. Stands to Gain   30 Apr 2009 05:25 GMT
Restructuring could mean the union will gain significant shares of General Motors and Chrysler, giving it a voice in the companies’ futures.


Source: NY Times