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FEV, Inc., (FEV) a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, announced today that it will unveil the Hummer H3 Range-Extended Electric Vehicle (ReEV) demonstrator at the upcoming 2009 SAE World Congress, held at Cobo Center in Detroit on April 20 - 24. FEV partnered with Utah-based Raser Technologies (Raser) in the development of the H3 ReEV, the first vehicle equipped with Raser's range-extended electric vehicle technology. The H3 ReEV will be on display in the FEV booth. The unveiling of the H3 ReEV comes one year after FEV and Raser first showed the technology as a concept at last year's World Congress. The announcement was made jointly by Gary Rogers, FEV, Inc. president and CEO and Jim Spellman, Raser VP of Business Development. Full story...

Big, powerful albeit gas-guzzling SUVs are not exactly popular these days -- and understandably so. If you really need one, that's fine, but if you're merely looking for fun and minimum ruggedness, you're likely more interested in something smaller. Full story...

The U.K. is looking into the possibility of introducing a car scrappage scheme to boost new-car sales, but two major government departments are at odds over the incentive, a press report said. Full story...

The possibility of a second formula one night race on the 2010 calendar has stepped up a notch. Full story...

After a dominant performance in the first MotoGP qualifying session of the year, Casey Stoner will line up on pole for the Commercial bank Grand Prix of Qatar. Full story...

Lewis Hamilton apologised personally for lying to stewards to FIA race director Charlie Whiting, it has emerged. In the meantime, Adrian Sutil has hinted at racism against the driver that could leave McLaren. Full story...

Force India is yet to deploy the two main innovations allowed by F1's 2009 regulations, Adrian Sutil has revealed. Full story...

F1 could return to Canada, and New York is the only viable alternative to Indianapolis for a US grand prix, the sport's chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has admitted. Full story...

Young driver Joey Logano (Camry No 20) won his first race of the year, the second of his NASCAR career, the Nationwide Pepsi 300 run at the 1.3-mile Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday afternoon. Full story...

A very limited number of 2010 J8's will be made available to enthusiasts in the United States exclusively from American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) as the AEV J8 MILSPEC. Full story...

You may not be familiar with SAAB, the car company and the reason for that is the company tends to make quirky cars that aren't easily pigeonholed in mainstream buyers minds. They are in effect ''that other Swedish car maker'' which at one time was more famous for their Viggen attack fighters than their cars. Full story...

In today's News Brake: Uncle Sam goes on a buying spree for new cars; we take one last lap around the New York auto show and check out the Mitsubishi Outlander GT Prototype, Kia Forte Koup and Mercedes-Benz E230 diesel; and check out the new... Full story...

Even the folks at Mercedes Benz were surprised at how well the Smart Fortwo took off in the Canadian marketplace. Find an owner of a first-generation 'smartie', and they'll likely tell you about having to wait for a considerable amount of time for their tiny runabout to arrive. Full story...

Ducati Malboro Team welcomes Nick Hayden this week-end at Commercialban Grand Prix of Qatar for his 100th career-race. Full story...

Lowe's Motor Speedway President Marcus Smith says he would be thrilled to host the traditional banquet. Full story...

The GPDA chairman and directors Pedro de la Rosa, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber have has a hard time in 2008, having to deal with the three frontrunners Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen not involved in the association. Full story...

In the 1960s, a really cool design for a sports car had to be made by an Italian. Or so everyone thought. But when the head of Volvo, Gunnar Engellau, picked his favourite among the anonymously presented suggestions - he was in for a surprise. Full story...

Even the folks at Mercedes Benz were surprised at how well the Smart Fortwo took off in the Canadian marketplace. Find an owner of a first-generation 'smartie', and they'll likely tell you about having to wait for a considerable amount of time for their tiny runabout to arrive. Full story...

BMW has added a new range-topping model to its latest 7-series lineup in the form of the twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V12-powered 760i. Full story...

Ford is busy courting the youth population as potential buyers for the new Fiesta--it has brought 100 Fiesta five-doors over from Europe and loaned them to people for extended test drives. Full story...