Tag: Cars
It’s The Open Road Challenge For ALMS Cars :: T...
"A Penske Porsche RS Spyder leading a
Dyson Porsche RS Spyder leading a Fernandez Lola B06/43-Acura leading a
Cytosport Lola B06/10-AER at Mid-Ohio. Image Credit:
SPYDERMAN360It’s The Open Road Challenge For...
'A few flourishes' in Obama's Detroit story?
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama is touring a Chrysler plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., this morning. Our Gannett colleagues at the Detroit Free Press have used his visit as a peg to look at the way...
VW, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery: paper
More good news concerning hybrid and electric cars: Nissan, Volkswagen and its subsidiary Audi are all planning on rolling out new hybrid models as early as next year. The highlighted article quotes an article from...
To the buses! Gas prices spur public transit use
There's nothing like a money-sucking gas pump to turn us green."DENVER — With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead.Mass transit...
Twister kills one in North Carolina
One killed and at least three have been injured from a tornado that touched down in central North Carolina late last night. "Emergency crews in North Carolina plan to assess damage Friday morning after a...
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Sightseers hold-up traffic on new bridge
I know that China is a very large country and that it is difficult for officials to ignore rules and regulations but one would think that they could have allowed a week or two for people to experience the wonderful...
Toyota Prius 2008 Review
"Toyota Prius is the environmental champion of Toyota. When American car companies like GM are trying to develop cars that totally runs on electricity Toyota came with a car that uses both electric and gasoline power."
Subway cars derail in Manhattan; more than 400 ev...
We'll be keeping our eye on this story..."NEW YORK - Two subway cars derailed Sunday in Manhattan, forcing more than 400 passengers to leave the tunnel on a second train, officials said. ...
Weird Road Rules of the World
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThough strange to some, Canada and the US has many of these similar or just as weird rules, most Canadians and Americans are not aware of in other parts of the country....
$38 million deal reached in Minnesota bridge coll...
A deal has been reached to compensate victims of the Interstate 35 bridge collapse that killed 13 people in Minneapolis last year. " State Sen. Ron Latz and state Rep. Ryan Winkler told CNN Radio that the deal totals...
Bush & Islam: Prison for Iraqi Women
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHard to believe under Saddam, Iraqi women had rights, not seen since US international sanctions, Saddams demise and a new US sanctioned Iraqi Government in what can only be...
It’s All, Or ALL – "Nothing" Is NOT An Option...
"Mario Dominguez mastering the hairpin just before entering the Long Beach Shoreline Drive straightaway in his Pacific Coast Motorsports Panoz DP01 Image Credit: Andy Sallee - TSO Photographer (2008) It’s...
"Hypermiling" drives savings as fuel costs soar
As gas goes up (and up, and up) many people are making life-changing decisions based upon the price of gas. Commutes are shortening as people move, public transportation is starting to boom again as it did in the 70s, people are buying smaller vehicles and hybrids --...
Can you feel peak oil yet?
Jim Kunstler is sensing something in the air. Could it be the symptoms of peak oil?" We're in a strange collective psychic bubble. We'd like to forgetabout all these troubling rumors of hardship and bad...
