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I Love Electric Cars
I Love Electric Cars Posted by Lew Rockwell at 12:23 PM But psst: they are only "zero-emissions" if you don't count the generation of electricity.
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Japanese Cars We Can’t Have…Yet
http://sleepyjohn.com/ blog/ japanese-cars-we-cant-haveyet/A few shots of JDM only cars (for now at least) I snapped while I was in Japan. That’s right, I wasn’t always looking at tasty school girls and sexy OLs (office ladies)! Well okay, most of the time I was… Mazda is eager to join the B-segment market after seeing the success of Scion xB, Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit and Mini Cooper in America.
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American LeMans at Miller Motorsports Park
http://theludwigs.com/ 2008/ 05/ american-lemans-at-miller-motorsports-park/My god what a facility — brand spanking new, huge, a variety of viewing from plain bleachers to delux clubhouse. Great views from all kinds of places. And the pit activity today is fascinating with 3-4 classes of cars all mixing it up. Worth the trip.
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24HR RACE AUDI R8 SURFACES
http://germancarscene.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ 24hr-race-audi-r8-surfaces/24HR RACE AUDI R8 SURFACES Posted on 16th May, 2008 by Warren M Filed in Audi | Leave a comment These photos of the new Audi R8 race car have surfaced. At the moment, we don’t have any details on the vehicle, but we gather it’ll be lining up for the same 24-hour Nurburgring race as Volkswagen’
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GM's Challenge X Green Car Prototypes in NYC [Cars]
http://gizmodo.com/ 391210/ gms-challenge-x-green-car-prototypes-in-nycGM lugged 17 environmentally friendly cars to New York—fittingly, to Tavern on the Green. The rain-soaked occasion was a display of Challenge X contenders, nearly identical 2005 Chevy Equinoxes modded by teams from schools across the US and Canada to be environmentally friendly, fuel efficient and/or low in emissions.
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Open Peeve Friday! Now with contest entries.
http://www.thepeevery.com/ 2008/ 05/ open-peeve-fr-2.htmlThis is the first week of the Open Peeve Friday contest. You have two more Fridays to enter before I choose two reader winners and one Peever winner. Remember the simple rules: email me your peeve in the Traffic/Cars/Travel category and make sure you receive a confirmation email from me.
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Batshit Crazy Virginia Politician of the Day
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/ blogs/ citydesk/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ batshit-crazy…Batshit Crazy Virginia Politician of the Day Posted by Mike DeBonis on May. 16, 2008, at 12:26 pm That would be Delegate and Republican senatorial candidate Bob Marshall of Prince William County. Today, on WTOP’s Politics Program With Mark Plotkin, Marshall was a guest, and Plotkin asked what he, as the junior senator from Virginia, could do to help Virginia’s notorious transportation problems.
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http://dbmini.us/ get-better-mileage/
Not terribly MINI Related Getting caught up in the time-suck know as YouTube. A good number of you are fans of Top Gear. Since the beginning I would imagine. There are also some of you, like myself, that are also fans but came a bit late to the party (season 9 or 10).
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Fuel Prices too High in USA
http://www.carsandtuning.org/ fuel-prices-too-high-in-usa/Americans experience problems “technical” since increased the price of fuel. Americans are admiring, but also disproof when it comes to their auto industry. Many do not understand how you can make a huge wastage fuel with an engine about 6 liters, while Europeans get the same performance, or even some better, with a propellant for 3 liters.
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IDEA unveils Era concept for 30th anniversary
http://www.motorauthority.com/ news/ concept-cars/ idea-unveils-era-concept-for-…Racing barchettas of the 1940s have spawned many an artist’s (and child’s) flight of fancy, but this time the car has become reality, after a fashion. Though IDEA’s Era is just a design model, and therefore essentially a shell with seats and a wheel, the company does have ideas for possible drivetrain layouts.
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Fix those Traffic Lights to Reduce Congestion (And Emissions)
http://www.treehugger.com/ files/ 2008/ 05/ traffic-signals-congestion.phpImage courtesy of grendelkhan via flickr You know the feeling: You're sitting in front of a traffic light for what seems like an eternity -- yet there's no cross traffic. And, as luck would have it, the light immediately reverts back to red after only allowing barely a handful of cars in front of you to pass.