General Motors Co. (GM) today announced a five-year partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help develop the potential of the jatropha plant as a sustainable biofuel energy crop. Traditionally considered a weed, jatropha plants produce an oil that can be refined into biodiesel. Full story…
Nissan Motor Co. will begin taking pre-orders for its Leaf electric vehicles on April 20 in North America, COO Toshiyuki Shiga said. Full story…
Forget a scheduled knee surgery; or even a four-tire gamble on a late race pit stop. Virginia native, Denny Hamlin, crushed the competition overcoming any perceived disadvantages at the rain-delayed Martinsville Sprint Cup race.
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Calgary - Laval University for the second year in a row won the grand prize in the "Prototype" category at the 2010 Shell Eco-marathon Americas this past weekend in Houston, Texas. The student-built, fuel-efficient vehicle achieved the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel with an astonishing 1,057.5 kilometres per litre, or 2,487.5 miles per gallon.
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New York - Today, Cadillac and Cool Hunting announced the launch of Cool Hunting's application for the upcoming Apple iPad. The application features exclusive content designed for the iPad inspired by the all-new 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe.
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Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today announced U.S. pricing for the 2011 Nissan LEAF electric vehicle, which becomes available for purchase or lease at Nissan dealers in select markets in December and nationwide in 2011. Nissan will begin taking consumer reservations for the Nissan LEAF April 20.
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Canadian race car driver Alexandre Tagliani drive a strong race in the opening round of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar series, battling with the leaders in Brazil until a rival punted him out of the race.
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Audi will present a spectacular lineup of premieres at the AMI Leipzig, along with its current model range. The product improvement of the Audi TT Roadster and Audi TT Coupé will be shown to the public for the first time during the exhibition.
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Auburn Hills, Mich. - The next chapter in the storied racing history of the Dodge Viper is being written as the first 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR-X rolled off the assembly line at the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit on Monday, March 29. Built for road racing enthusiasts, the Dodge Viper ACR-X combines the best performance attributes of the record-setting, street-legal Dodge Viper ACR (American Club Racer) and the safety equipment of championship-winning Viper Competition Coupe.
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Ex-England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has today turned his hand to contemporary art by creating the world's biggest "artballing" painting - a 16 by five foot image of a Chevrolet Cruze car created by hitting and throwing paint-covered cricket balls against a blank canvas over 5,000 times.
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The countdown for the announcement of the 2010 World Car of the Year (WCOTY) will soon be over. This Thursday, the winner will be announced at a press conference to be held starting at 8:30am at the New York International Auto Show.
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Lotus is expected to shortly confirm a new sponsorship deal with Maxis, a leading Malaysian mobile network.
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Minivans are like pickups: they're ideal when you have a friend that owns one. Pickups, especially full-size ones, consume tonnes of fuel, are impossible to park in town and are frowned upon unless you're towing something big. In the minivan's case, well, nobody wants to be caught at the wheel of something as pedestrian and tied-down as one of these. That's why CUVs exist right?
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Le Ann Hinkle, a former participant in the Project Driveway fuel cell demonstration program, will be back behind the wheel for at least six months more of zero emissions driving after getting the keys to the updated Chevy Fuel Cell vehicle on Monday from Jim Campbell, U.S. vice president of Chevrolet Marketing.
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General Motors Co. has appointed a former Morgan Stanley investment banker as treasurer. Daniel Ammann will serve as vice president of finance and treasurer, GM said today in a statement.
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One of China's most senior female bankers, two top Swedish industrialists and a childhood friend of London's mayor led the Rothschild team that helped Geely seal China's biggest-ever overseas autos takeover.
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This car gets my vote as one of the most improved vehicles over its predecessor. Full story…
Mazda Motor Corp. on Monday took another step toward independent product development, agreeing to lease hybrid drivetrain technology from Toyota Motor Corp. instead of longtime U.S. partner Ford Motor Co. Full story…
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