Toyota Recall September 2009: 3.8 Million Cars Affected

Toyota recalls nearly 4 million cars in its biggest vehicle recall in US history. Owners of certain vehicles are advised to remove their floor mats and not replace them with other mats. Toyota cars are being...

The NEW GM !

     Allll riiiigght!  America's heavyweight automaker has reentered the fray, "leaner and meaner", we hope!  At least, that's what's been reported by the Associated Press.  So,...

Forty battery-powered Peugeot's hit the streets of Glasgow

Forty battery-powered Peugeot 207 cars and Peugeot Eurobus taxis will be used in Glasgow over the next two years in a trial. This is a test by a group including power companies and teaching groups, including the Scottish Government to see how well low-carbon vehicles proform...

Breakthrough battery can charge up in seconds

" Scientists in the United States have invented a battery that can charge in seconds, promising a revolution in power storage that could also help green cars and renewable energy. The advance allows lithium-ion...

GM to Slash 47,000 Jobs, Kill Saturn Brand, End Pontiac Division

General Motors has announced a restructuring plan "to survive the recession" that could cut as many as "47,000 jobs around the world and close five more U.S. factories". " The battered automaker is already surviving...

Detroit Goes for Electric Cars, but Will Drivers?

The electric car has to happen butwide spread acceptance of themwill not happen at once. As they get cheaper and achieve better performance they will become big sellers."The competition over electrics is picking...

India oil strike leads to interest in carpooling

As India continues to struggle to cope with loss of oil due to the a strike at India's state run oil companies, and the gas at the pumps runs dry, residents are turning to alternate ways to get to work - one of...

Beijing's 2009 New Year resolution: scrap polluting cars

Beijing has made a 2009 New Years Resolution; get rid of more than 350,000 high-polluting vehicles off the inner city streets to ease traffic and air polllution in the city. As a trial during the Olympic Games, the...

Avoiding DUI Checkpoint Causes Woman To Collide With Paramedics

A moron trys to evade the police by absconding from a DUI checkpoint, causes an accident and gets arrested for DUI.  People need to grow a brain cell and simply NOT drink and drive.  It is absurd!"November 9, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by criminal...

Hizballah goes Weapon Shopping in Moscow!

Energized by more than two years in opposition, Binyamin “The Hawk” Netanyahu plans to contest the February 10, 2009, general election at the head of a remodeled Likud party and a new star-studded leadership. ...

7 charged with operating drug organization in Hampton Roads

SUSPECTS William Foreman, 41, of Newport News Quentin Haley, 36 , of Newport News Bryan Robbs, 41, of Costa Mesa, California Shavonda York, 35, of Hampton Perry Lee Bowen, Jr, 37, of Chesapeake Richard Wiggins,...

Nissan to recall thousands of vehicles

Nissan is planning to recall thousands of vehicles from 2007 and 2008 due to a faulty airbag in the passenger side. Less than 1 percent of the vehicles have the defect but you should definitely get your Nissan...

Venezuela Aims to Convert 969 Vehicles to Natural Gas This Year

" October 9th 2008, by Daniel Cancel - Bloomberg. Petroleos de Venezuela SA, the country's state-oil company, aims to convert 969 gasoline- burning vehicles to run on natural gas by the end of the year helped...

New security plan for Pakistan capital may cause shortage of food, petrol

" The new security strategy of the police in Pakistan federal capital, Islamabad, to ban the entry of heavy vehicles to avoid terrorism is likely to cause a serious shortage of food items, petroleum products and vegetables in the city, sources here warned Thursday. ...

US will welcome its small cars

"A top Ford Motor Co. executive says market research shows the company's coming line of global small cars will be well received in the U.S. Derrick Kuzak, group vice president of global product development, says the European-designed Fiesta subcompact and Focus compact...

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