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Federal probe targets possible civil rights violations…

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:43:00 +0000

that the investigation is looking at whether officials violated the civil rights of Latino residents by aggressively towing cars and charging residents exorbitant fees to get their vehicles back. Federal officials are also looking into complaints about

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Hyundai’s Going Electric

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:50:00 +0000

the end of next month. The move comes as the rest of the industry scrambles to bring us cars with cords, and Hyundai risks being left behind as Nissan, Mitsubishi, Toyota and even Honda develop electric vehicles. Hyundai boasted that the BlueOn is the

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BMW teases new Hybrid Car

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:17:00 +0000

going to bring the technology to the market found in the Vision EfficientDynamics remains to be seen. More Cars & Vehicles Stories I4U News Homepage

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Test-driving the plug-in Prius: is this the future of…

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:12:00 +0000

The plug-in Prius makes local journeys uber-green and ultra-cheap, and the only real drawback is boot space Green cars are going to be bigger than renewable energy, we heard yesterday . HSBC reckons 8.65m electric vehicles and 9.23m plug-in and hybrid

Police officers run over at Campbelltown car crash…

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:55:00 +0000

said. The officers were walking towards the intersection in yellow reflective vests when a car hit two other cars, pushing one of the vehicles up onto the footpath and into the two women, at about 8am. The impact left the 38-year-old with facial

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The sticker price

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:23:00 +0000

regardless of their fuel source. Thus, they would compare apples (electric vehicles, plug-in electric hybrids) to oranges (gas-powered cars and trucks). Nissan’s all-electric Leaf due out later this year, would earn an ‘A-plus’ from the EPA, because it

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Report: Lotus bringing a pair of front-engine hybrids…

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:32:00 +0000

be unveiling two front-engine hybrid vehicles, in keeping with the automaker’s promise to offer more gasoline/electric sports cars. Edmunds’ Green Car Advisor reports that one of these hybrid cars will be a four-door hatchback and the other will be a

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August Auto Sales Rise in China

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:03:00 +0000

from Shenzhen. Should sales in September remain strong, then stock prices can still go higher. Retail deliveries of cars, sport-utility vehicles and multipurpose vehicles rose 59 percent last month from a year earlier to 977,300, a government researcher

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Cars, Emergency Rooms Kill White People A Lot Less

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0000

far more likely than white pedestrians to be struck by motor vehicles” and “uninsured minority pedestrians hit by cars are at a significantly higher risk of death than their insured white counterparts, even if the injuries sustained are similar.” Oh yes:

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Sounds like a Prius down the street

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:30:00 +0000

safety requirements in Japan for gasoline-electric and other hybrid vehicles that are much quieter than traditional gas powered cars. The ¥12,600 ($149) device automatically kicks in when the Prius is running on its electric motor at speeds up to about

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