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Haven't we seen this movie before? Carmakers bring out a flurry of new small entries in response to a sudden rush of demand driven by spiking gas prices. TV talking heads intone that "gasoline is not going to get any cheaper," but then it does, and U.S. car buyers, whose collective memory is about as long as a snail darter's, revert to form and embrace size and power again.inline_mediumwraptextright28341724/features/news/1004_current_trends_in_small_cars1004_06_z+toyota_fT-CH+profile.jpgTrue

World's Fair events traditionally offered exciting idealistic takes on what the future may hold. So far, it looks like Expo 2010, which opens in Shanghai this summer, will carry on that tradition with a theme of "Better City, Better Life." According to GM, this trio of new urban mobility concepts that will be shown at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai this summer is one part of the equation. The first public debut of these EN-V concepts will be at the Beijing auto show next month.inline_mediumwraptextright27302423/green/news/1003_gm_en_v_conceptsGM-jiao-EN-V-concept-rear-three-quarter.jpgTrue

General Motors hasn't let its bankruptcy get in the way of its hydrogen fuel cell efforts, and made it clear during a recent event that it still considers hydrogen power one of several key propulsion technologies that it will continue to develop in the future.inline_mediumwraptextright28447906/green/news/1003_gm_charges_ahead_with_hydrogengm-gen2-hydrogen-fuel-cell-stack-mockup-side-view.jpgTrue