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Mississippi State Wins Challenge X--Second Year in a Row

With enough money and time, any garage monkey can design a fuel-efficient, low-emissions car. Designing one that consumers will actually buy, however, puts car-company engineers and marketing departments at screaming fits with one another. Chevrolet ...

From MARTY JEROME, Wired,  21 May 2008
Related Topics: Chevrolet

Smoking Gun Reveals White House Meddling With EPA

Congress has a smoking gun proving the Bush Administration meddled in the Environmental Protection Agency ruling that denied California the authority to strictly regulate the amount of C02 and other auto emissions. When he denied the state's request ...

From MARTY JEROME, Wired,  20 May 2008
Related Topics: White House,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress,  Henry A. Waxman,  U.S. Republican Party

Timing Traffic Lights Would Save Billions in Fuel, Emissions and Wasted Time

Even cities that time their lights to reduce congestion typically do so only through major arteries. And traffic patterns constantly shift. To keep traffic flowing, the timing on lights must periodically change to meet new conditions. It should also ...

From MARTY JEROME, Wired,  14 May 2008

Get Used to It - Sky-High Oil Prices Are Here To Stay

This ain't a bubble, folks. Better get used to it. We've gotten a a little relief in recent days, but the stubborn upward spiral of oil prices has begun to divide economists and industry analysts into two camps: Bubble, Not-a-Bubble. "New York Times'" ...

From MARTY JEROME, Wired,  13 May 2008
Related Topics: Federal Reserve,  Paul Krugman,  Enron Corporation

Adaptive Driving Steps Up to the Next Generation

Call them the do-what-I-mean, not-what-I-say vehicles. The latest generation of luxury sports sedans continues to get smarter about adapting to your driving style, almost telepathically. This is certainly true with the forthcoming Mercedes Benz AMG C63, ...

From MARTY JEROME, Wired,  8 May 2008

Chrysler Bribes Would-Be Customers With Cheap Gas

So Chrysler's strategy just might work this time. The company's sales are down 18% this year. Dealerships have been reporting a direct link between rising gas prices and the amount of free time their salespeople have on hand because of empty showrooms. ...

From MARTY JEROME, Wired,  8 May 2008

Death Watch: Which Brands Should Go?

Wow, Kirkorian was able to buy a majority share in Ford! Amazing the Ford family allowed that to happen and no news outlets picked it up at all except Wired. Great scoop! hahahaha Yeah, that'd we 4.7% of Ford and 52% of MGM (yes and that's MGM, not ...

From MARTY JEROME, Wired,  5 May 2008
Related Topics: BMW

BMW Adds Full Internet Access to Its iDrive

BMW's iDrive has taken it on the nose from critics and customers alike. But give the luxury brand credit for recognizing that the goo-gaws and gizmos car makers keep adding to their vehicles are making the driver interface impossibly confusing. ...

From MARTY JEROME, Wired,  5 May 2008
Related Topics: BMW

GM Partners with Another Ethanol Company

GM officials insist they're not getting into the fuel business. But their dollars say otherwise. Yesterday the company announced a partnership with Mascoma, an innovator in the field. Mascoma says that its highly efficient thermochemical process can ...

From MARTY JEROME, Wired,  2 May 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Congress

Uno Spurs Conversation, But Won't Get You a Date

As you can see from the photo, it is a two-wheeled self-balancing electric vehicle with back pegs for the rider's feet. It's a one-off custom machine that uses a gyroscope for balance. To make it go forward, you lean forward. To slow it down, you ...

From MARTY JEROME, Wired,  2 May 2008

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