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Backseat Driver: Oil prices, silver linings and olde gas pumps

1:50 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Oil prices are now over $127 a barrel, gas prices are fast approaching $4.00 a gallon ($2.79 in Jamestown Thursday evening) but George W. Bush......

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Oil pushed above $127 a barrel for first time

10:32 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Oil prices soared more than $3 a barrel, surpassing $127 for the first time Friday and putting more pressure on already lofty gasoline and diesel......

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Backseat Driver: Fuel efficiency and green sell right now

10:16 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Hybrids may be mostly Plain Janes but any car that gets good gas mileage is selling right now. And that usually means small and not......

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Nerdy, fuel-stingy cars are hot wheels

9:40 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Some of the nerdiest-looking cars in recent automotive history are making a comeback, at least in resale value, as a growing number of value-driven drivers......

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Smart puts 'high level of safety into very small package'

10:38 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Smart got the highest rating of 'Good' for front crash protection. The tiniest car sold in the USA posted some of the best crash-test......

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Iran report pushes oil, gas prices to new

3:09 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

NEW YORK -- Oil prices shot to a new record near $127 a barrel Tuesday on concerns that Iran may consider cutting crude oil production,......

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Backseat Driver: Gas prices at the kitchen table, Volvos and retail cathedrals

11:33 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Oh for the days of yore when gas was affordable! Was it just over a fortnight ago that I wrote about getting sticker shock at......

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Toyota delays new U.S. auto plant due to economy

10:36 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

TOKYO — A senior Toyota executive said Monday that plans for a new auto assembly plant in Mississippi are being delayed by worries about slumping......

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High gas prices mean hybrids recoup higher cost in less time

10:33 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Rising fuel prices and competition among a proliferation of gasoline-electric hybrids have sliced the payback period for hybrids to two or three years in some......

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Gas prices jump another 10 cents

10:21 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Gas prices in Rhode Island have increased another ten cents in the past week to reach another record high, according to AAA Southern New England......

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