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November 2007 Archives
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Ethanol took a hit as an alternative fuel with the recent release of a paper from the conservative Pardee Rand Graduate School in Santa Monica.......
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9:42 AM Fri, Nov 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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If you don't spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, you won't likely be invited to luxury night at the North American International Auto......
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9:27 AM Fri, Nov 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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Oil prices fell Friday on expectations that OPEC will increase output next week and on fading concerns of a supply disruption from a U.S. pipeline......
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11:14 AM Thu, Nov 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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IN his 35 years of restoring cars, Mark Miller has seen it all — the good, the bad and the unsightly. Among the lessons he......
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11:08 AM Thu, Nov 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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Greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks rose slightly in 2006, even as the United States cut its overall emissions by 1.5%, according to the......
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11:02 AM Thu, Nov 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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Congressional staffers have hammered out the outlines of an agreement for increasing U.S. fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020, and a......
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9:53 AM Thu, Nov 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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Oh Baby! I love this car which is currently on view at the New England Auto Show in Boston. A really classy retro muscle look.......
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9:50 AM Thu, Nov 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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TOKYO -- Toyota began recalling 264,000 luxury passenger vehicles over faulty fuel pipes Thursday, including 49,000 flagship Lexus cars sold overseas, the company said according......
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9:40 AM Thu, Nov 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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Oil prices rose more than $3 Thursday after a fire erupted at a pipeline carrying crude oil from Canada to the heart of the United......
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3:31 PM Wed, Nov 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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Chrysler officials have not ruled out the possibility of layoffs at the Auburn Hills automaker if they fail to get enough salaried workers to leave......
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10:35 AM Wed, Nov 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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LOS ANGELES — After big cuts in how many vehicles they're building, the three Detroit automakers are starting to see increases in estimates of how......
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10:29 AM Wed, Nov 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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VIENNA, Austria -- Crude oil futures rose Wednesday as traders bought back into the market on the heels of a steep drop prompted by concerns......
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4:25 PM Tue, Nov 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices plunged Tuesday, picking up downward momentum amid concerns that a slowing economy might reduce demand for crude just as......
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9:14 AM Tue, Nov 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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TOKYO -- Japan's top automaker Toyota said Tuesday its global production climbed 14.4 percent in October, moving it closer to overtaking General Motors of the......
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9:13 AM Tue, Nov 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON -- Nissan is recalling 686,500 Altima and Sentra passenger cars to fix problems with a sensor that could lead to engine stalling, according to......
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9:10 AM Tue, Nov 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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VIENNA, Austria -- Oil prices continued to slide Tuesday on growing expectations that OPEC ministers will raise crude production following a meeting next week, according......
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11:16 AM Mon, Nov 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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Portland, Ore. - Michael Kadie pressed the accelerator of his electric-powered Cobra replica and took off down the quarter-mile at Portland International Raceway, pulling away......
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11:13 AM Mon, Nov 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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Five years ago, amid a sharp rise in prices of vintage muscle cars, Carroll Shelby licensed his name to a Texas company to construct replicas......
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10:25 AM Mon, Nov 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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Forget about dropping or radically redefining brands. Chrysler LLC needs to focus on patching the holes in its model line, sharpening the definition of its......
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10:11 AM Mon, Nov 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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LONDON - The weak dollar helped oil rise above $99 a barrel on Monday, close to the $100 milestone, but it retreated from session highs......
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11:39 AM Fri, Nov 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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Despite mounting evidence from the scientific community that man-made carbon emissions are changing the world's atmosphere, it is likely that we will do the minimum......
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10:51 AM Fri, Nov 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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LOWRIDERS are riding high. For instance, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles has just opened an exhibition entitled “La Vida Lowrider: Cruising the City......
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10:40 AM Fri, Nov 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Volvo Cars said Thursday it was recalling 56,000 vehicles because of two separate problems, according to the Detroit Free Press. Volvo Cars......
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9:29 AM Fri, Nov 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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DETROIT — Chrysler will introduce three concept electric vehicles next year that are designed to be totally electric or supplemented by diesel motors or hydrogen......
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9:27 AM Fri, Nov 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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Oil prices fell Friday as the market turned its attention to OPEC for signals of a production increase that might ease record prices, according to......
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9:43 AM Wed, Nov 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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LOS ANGELES — Suddenly it seems like Toyota, long the good-news juggernaut that became the envy of other automakers, has lost its Teflon shield, according......
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9:38 AM Wed, Nov 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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TOKYO — An employee at a California plant run jointly by General Motors and Toyota is accusing her managers of allowing serious defects to go......
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9:35 AM Wed, Nov 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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To help make our turkey-day journeys a little less eventful - and, perhaps, a lot less expensive - our friends at the National Motorists Association......
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9:33 AM Wed, Nov 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it has raised its 2007 sales projection for China on solid sales of small cars and aims......
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9:28 AM Wed, Nov 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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Crude oil prices rose above a record $99 per barrel Wednesday as worries about inadequate winter supplies in the Northern Hemisphere and news of refinery......
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4:37 PM Tue, Nov 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices resumed their march toward $100 Tuesday, rising to records over $98 a barrel as futures drew strength from a declining......
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10:14 AM Tue, Nov 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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When the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced the latest list of what it considers the safest vehicles last week, there was a surprising newcomer:......
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10:12 AM Tue, Nov 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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MUMBAI, India -- Tata Motors' ultracheap car will be the least polluting vehicle on Indian roads, the company's chairman said Monday, refuting criticism that the......
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10:10 AM Tue, Nov 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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Shares of General Motors Corp. fell 8.5% Monday, their largest drop in two years, on fears that vehicle sales will drop next year and that......
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10:07 AM Tue, Nov 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has sharply rejected the Bush administration's new pollution standards for most sport-utility vehicles, pickups and vans and ordered......
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10:05 AM Tue, Nov 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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Oil prices recovered Tuesday from an early dip as the U.S. dollar hit a new low against the euro, making oil futures attractive to investors......
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2:21 PM Fri, Nov 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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There was a dreadful story in Friday's New York Times about a 19-year-old Saudi girl who had a sentence upped to 200 lashes and six......
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1:32 PM Fri, Nov 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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THE annual auto show here, which opened to the public on Friday, is usually a laid-back, colorful affair with an emphasis on the sports cars......
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1:24 PM Fri, Nov 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 — A federal appeals court here rejected the Bush administration’s year-old fuel-economy standards for light trucks and sport utility vehicles on......
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1:20 PM Fri, Nov 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — A top executive of China's biggest independent automaker said Thursday his company is waiting to enter the U.S. and European Union markets......
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1:07 PM Fri, Nov 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Virginia-based organization which represents the interests of the insurance industry and runs its own crash-test program independent of......
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12:42 PM Fri, Nov 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Gas prices fell slightly overnight for the first time in weeks, raising doubts about a view that pump prices are destined to......
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3:11 PM Thu, Nov 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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A generation of digital-era Henry Fords, unabashed and brimming with confidence, has emerged, according to the New York Times. Born of Silicon Valley and the......
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3:07 PM Thu, Nov 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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DETROIT — A new contract with the United Auto Workers has nearly eliminated a $30-per-hour labor cost gap with Japanese competitors, setting up Ford for......
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2:50 PM Thu, Nov 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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LOS ANGELES — Hoping to march Ford onto the future-fuels stage, Ford CEO Alan Mulally provided a broad outline here Wednesday of the automaker's plans......
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2:48 PM Thu, Nov 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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Tahoe hybrid honored: General Motors' sport-utility vehicle, the Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid, was named "Green Car of the Year" at the show Thursday, according to USA......
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2:23 PM Thu, Nov 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON -- Gas prices near record highs at a time of year when they typically decline will not deter drivers from hitting the road this......
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3:49 PM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Millions of Americans planning car trips for the Thanksgiving weekend are finding they need to once again factor soaring gas prices into......
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12:31 PM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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People rail against drunken drivers and motorists who yap on the cell phones. However, speeding causes more than half of the deaths on Rhode Island’s......
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12:30 PM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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This is scary: Gasoline surpassed $3 a gallon in Rhode Island yesterday, and forecasts by the U.S. Department of Energy say it will continue to......
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11:26 AM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- United Auto Workers members have ratified a historic four-year contract with Ford Motor Co. that sets lower pay for some newly hired workers......
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11:20 AM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Mercedes-Benz SilverFlow evokes the 1930s. FIFTY years ago, tail fins were at their most extreme: cars seemed to want to be rockets. But......
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11:14 AM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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DETROIT — This year, General Motors has been getting some warm reviews for its new cars. Yet the company still has a hard time getting......
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10:48 AM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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LONDON - Oil moved sharply higher on Wednesday, after falling for the past two days, supported by expectations of a further fall in U.S. crude......
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10:43 AM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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LOS ANGELES - Ford is preparing for the risk that higher oil prices and a slowing U.S. economy crimp demand and will cut production as......
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