CLEVER is the acronym for "Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport" and refers to a research project aimed at producing a low-emission, practical city vehicle. The CLEVER project was launched in 2002 as an initiative of Berlin's Technical University, sponsored by the 5th Framework Programme of the EU Commission.
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Jimmie Johnson, the NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader, won the pole at Lowe's Speedway, in Charlotte, with the fastest qualifying lap ever run in NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow.
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Fernando Alonso on Thursday played down Felipe Massa's dubious welcome to the Ferrari team.
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Kimi Raikkonen on Thursday said he has not yet signed a new contract to keep racing in formula one next year.
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When Michel Deslauriers, my boss at Auto123.com, told me he'd booked me into a driving school, I was insulted. I, who have driven the most beautiful tracks around the world, from Monaco to Silverstone, who have won an Atlantic race on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve! What in the world could a driving course teach me, one that employs production cars no less?
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1976 may not strike you as a particularly important year historically, unless of course, you were born (like me) or married that year. In fact, like any other year in recorded history, many events took place at the time that have left a mark on our society today in one respect or another. For example, the Toronto Blue Jays were created, across the way, the CN Tower was erected, the Apple company was formed and the Summer Olympics took place in Montreal (that mark still has not healed completely...).
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From 2010, BMW's Landshut plant will boast the world's first foundry with emission-free sand core production.
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Brazilian natives and open-wheel veterans Nelson Piquet Jr. and Vitor Meira both recently tested a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra at the "Little Rock" short track at Rockingham Speedway for Red Horse Racing.
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Yokohama announced that it would supply ECO racing tires to the FIA World Touring Car Championship from 2010.
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Rain caused problems to the Formula 1 teams and drivers during the first free practice session of the Grand Prix of Brazil Friday morning.
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On Friday, Nelson Piquet Junior's famous father revealed his son would currently be a Toro Rosso driver had he listened to his advice.
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Two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso put his Renault R29 on top the charts Friday afternoon when he set the fastest time of the second free practice session of the Grand Prix of Brazil.
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Car sales fell in Malaysia and rose in Thailand last month, media reports said.
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Toyota Motor sales in China last month rose 45% year on year to a record monthly high of about 72,000 vehicles as stimulus policies bolstered consumer confidence.
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Samara Region-based auto components manufacturer Plastic has signed an agreement to take out a RUB1.42bn three-year non-revolving credit line from Sberbank.
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Three months out of US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and in the process of finalising a deal to sell a majority stake in Opel, General Motors is now mulling the fate of its 51% owned South Korean unit GM Daewoo.
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The European carmakers' association ACEA has called on EU Member States not to ratify a free trade agreement (FTA) that the European Commission has signed today.
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German automotive and defence group Rheinmetall plans to buy a 51% stake in the military unit of truck maker MAN, Financial Times Deutschland reported.
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