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The City of Santa Monica has purchased the first ZeroTruck all-electric zero emission medium duty truck. The vehicle will be equipped with a Scelzi utility body for use in the City of Santa Monica. Fleet Superintendant Rick Sikes explains what this means for the City's fleet: "This truck meets the needs of our Water Division and the goals of our Sustainable City Plan to reduce emissions and reduce our use of petroleum. Full story...

Elvis Presley croons "All Shook Up" from the CD player as Florentino Marin wipes down his 1955 Buick Century sedan on a central Havana street. Full story...

Volkswagen AG will have a "positive result" in the second quarter and would consider giving sports car maker Porsche a loan if asked, CFO Hans Dieter Poetsch said on Saturday. Full story...

Volkswagen AG, among the automakers that have suffered the least in the United States this year, will temporarily shut parts of its Mexican plant starting next week until early August, a union spokesman said on Saturday. Full story...

Chinese automaker BYD Auto announced this week the large-scale commercial launch of its F3DM compact hybrid sedan in September. With its very long operating range in electric mode, the car had raised a lot of interest at the Detroit Auto Show last January. Full story...

The one word that is synonymous with Audi in Canada is quattro. quattro is Audi's version of all wheel drive and is available on every Canadian Audi. In the A3, quattro takes the form of a very fast acting hydraulic multi-plate clutch that acts as a centre differential. Since this centre diff can vary how much it locks up, the amount of power that gets shifted from front to back can be varied as well. Full story...

Local driver Simon Dubé extended his victory streak at Rally Saguenay to three this Saturday, between Ferland-et-Boilleau, south of Ville Saguenay. Full story...

Max Mosley on Sunday said the FIA will not proceed with legal action against the FOTA teams, indicating he would rather reach a deal to stave off the threat of a breakaway championship. Full story...

Far from expanding its existing sponsorship of Brawn GP, Virgin is not likely to still be a sponsor of the former Honda squad in 2010, Sir Richard Branson said at Silverstone on Sunday. Full story...

Jenson Button would celebrate winning the world championship by proposing marriage, his girlfriend has revealed. Full story...

Alberto Valerio and Pastor Maldonado won rounds 7 and 8 of the season, this week-end at Silverstone. Grosjean is back in the lead on provisional classification. Full story...

Started from pole position, Sebastian Vettel wins the british grand prix. Mark Webber is second with Red Bull Renault too. Full story...

It was Ron Hornaday's birthday on Saturday and the 51-year-old No 33 Chevy driver celebrated it by easily winning the Copart 200-miler Milwaukee Mile NASCAR Camping World truck race. Full story...

Veteran racer Carl Edwards (Ford No 60) finally won his first NASCAR race of the season by grabbing the checkered at the Nationwide Northerntool.com 250 at the one-mile Milwaukee oval track on Saturday night. Full story...

The one word that is synonymous with Audi in Canada is quattro. quattro is Audi's version of all wheel drive and is available on every Canadian Audi. In the A3, quattro takes the form of a very fast acting hydraulic multi-plate clutch that acts as a centre differential. Since this centre diff can vary how much it locks up, the amount of power that gets shifted from front to back can be varied as well. Full story...

The Qatar Investment Authority could acquire more shares in ailing German sports car maker Porsche Automobil Holding SE than previously thought, German magazine Focus said. Full story...

Germany's Volkswagen AG will have a "positive result" in the second quarter and would consider giving sports car maker Porsche a loan if asked, VW Chief Financial Officer Hans Dieter Poetsch said on Saturday. Full story...

Nissan Motor Co. plans to launch production of electric vehicles and their batteries in the United States to tap low-interest loans for green vehicles, the Nikkei business daily said. Full story...

German automotive lighting manufacturer Hella KGaA Hueck and Co. said on Friday it has signed an increased 550 million euro ($765.7 million) forward start loan, extending an existing loan by two years. Full story...

Daimler AG is in advanced talks to buy a stake in sports car maker Porsche Automobil Holding SE, German publication manager magazin reported on Friday on its Web site, citing financial sources. Full story...