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  • October 2008

    • Flying Cars? Yep (and Sooner Than You Think)

      LiveScience  |  Oct 11, 08 6:45 PM CDT

      Flying Cars? Yep (and Sooner Than You Think)

      (Newser) - Flying cars aren’t the stuff of science fiction anymore. A small California company called Moller is already producing a run of its M200 Neuera, an ethanol-powered two-seater straight out of the Jetsons, LiveScience reports. The car is expected to land next year, and carry a price tag south of $100,000. It’s all the work of Paul Moller, an engineer who’s made the flying car his lifelong obsession. More »

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      flight  • cars  • Flying Saucer

    • Face Facts: People Prefer Mean-Looking Cars

      LiveScience  |  Oct 6, 08 4:10 PM CDT

      Face Facts: People Prefer Mean-Looking Cars

      (Newser) - Friendly is out and angry is in—for cars, at least. When people look at cars, they tend to see human faces and characteristics, LiveScience reports. A new study found that "power" traits such as dominant, masculine, and angry—think BMW's 5 Series—top the list. And the results have the attention of automakers desperate to know more about how people pick cars. More »

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      psychology  • cars  • Toyota Prius  • BMW

  • September 2008

    • Guess How Many Cars I Own?

      Newsweek  |  Sep 22, 08 8:53 AM CDT

      Guess How Many Cars I Own?

      (Newser) - The McCains own almost twice as many cars as they do houses, and a few members of the fleet are foreign—despite John McCain’s recent assurances to Detroit that "I've bought American literally all my life.” Thirteen cars are registered to John and Cindy McCain, Newsweek discovered in a search of public records.The number of vehicles registered to Barack and Michelle Obama? One. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Detroit  • Michelle Obama  • hybrid car  • Cindy McCain  • cars  • US automakers

    • Volt's Looks Kill Some GM Buzz

      CNNMoney  |  Sep 16, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      Volt's Looks Kill Some GM Buzz

      (Newser) - GM offered its first official look today at the plug-in Chevrolet Volt, CNNMoney reports, the electric car slated to go on sale in 2010. Its tame appearance drew the ire of gearheads hoping it would look more like the futuristic concept version. "A lot of people are saying they're very disappointed and 'take me off the [waiting] list,' " said one blogger. More »

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      environment  • gas prices  • General Motors  • hybrid car  • electricity  • electric cars  • cars  • Chevrolet  • Chevrolet Volt

    • Mini Debuts an SUV

      Driving.ca  |  Sep 12, 08 1:20 PM CDT

      Mini Debuts an SUV

      (Newser) - The newest car to roll off BMW's Mini line may have more in common with a Ford Escape than with its cousins Cooper and Clubman, reports Driving.ca. The new model, which may be called the Crossman, premieres next month at the Paris Motor Show, and anticipation is mounting. Not too much is known about the all-wheel drive "softroader." More »

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      cars  • SUV  • BMW  • Mini Cooper

    • Goodbye, Autos; Hello, Podcar

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 8, 08 12:27 PM CDT

      Goodbye, Autos; Hello, Podcar

      (Newser) - Forget alternative fuels and dump rusting gas guzzlers altogether for the driverless podcar, which offers "the convenience of an auto without the negatives," Catherine G. Burke writes in the Los Angeles Times . The sleek, electric-powered compartments seat four and use monorail-esque "guideways" to reach select destinations. It sounds futuristic, but England, Sweden, and the UAE are already investing in it. More »

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      cars  • innovation  • public transportation  • automobile  • public transit

    • Cars Driven Out of Pop Music

      Washington Post  |  Sep 7, 08 2:18 PM CDT

      Cars Driven Out of Pop Music

      (Newser) - Songs paying homage to cars exploded onto the scene in the earliest days of rock 'n' roll, but since the the Beach Boys described the workings of their "409" and Bruce Springsteen sang about "Racing in the Street," auto-themed rock seems to have gone the way of the Delorean, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      music  • cars  • rock and roll  • Chevrolet  • Dodge

    • Small Cars Carry Big Price Tags

      USA Today  |  Sep 3, 08 10:57 AM CDT

      Small Cars Carry Big Price Tags

      (Newser) - With sales of SUVs and trucks dwindling, car companies have begun to push smaller, more fuel-efficient models—but not for the same small prices. Without the $10,000 profit that was typical on SUVs, automakers can no longer sell cars like the Ford Focus for an average profit of $100. Some are using extras to lure higher-spending customers. More »

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      gas prices  • General Motors  • Ford  • cars  • Honda  • SUV

  • August 2008

    • US Slow to Hop On Global Biking Boom

      Washington Post  |  Aug 31, 08 3:34 PM CDT

      US Slow to Hop On Global Biking Boom

      (Newser) - The US remains uninspired by nations that have prodded people to save money by biking to work, the Washington Post reports. Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands installed infrastructure years ago to benefit bikers and discourage cars, but America—along with Canada, Australia, and Britain—have not. "It is very clear how to do this," one expert said. "It is not rocket science." More »

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      pollution  • cars  • traffic  • bicycling  • green transportation  • commuting  • bikes

    • College Peddles Bike Program to Go Green

      Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  |  Aug 28, 08 8:47 PM CDT

      College Peddles Bike Program to Go Green

      (Newser) - Incoming freshmen are jumping on a Wisconsin college’s offer of a brand-new bike in return for leaving their cars at home, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Ripon College aims to save parking spots, and perhaps the planet, with its Velorution Project. The initiative, one newly minted student cyclist says, shows that Ripon is “innovative and changing with the times.” More »

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      college  • Wisconsin  • cars  • bikes  • campus

    • Britain to Test Car Satellite Toll

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 17, 08 7:38 PM CDT

      Britain to Test Car Satellite Toll

      (Newser) - Britain plans to test a toll system that tracks drivers by satellite and charges them by the mile, the Daily Telegraph reports. Dubbed "spy in the sky," the controversial plan was floated by the Labour government and was considered dead under PM Gordon Brown. "It seems that Labour's unpopular plans for a national road pricing scheme are alive and well," one official said. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • cars  • satellites  • Driving

    • The 15 Most Fuel Efficient Cars

      BusinessWeek  |  Aug 7, 08 9:43 AM CDT

      The 15 Most Fuel Efficient Cars

      (Newser) - Toyota’s Prius may hold the crown for fuel-efficiency, but that doesn’t mean it’s lonely at the top. BusinessWeek takes a look at the 15 cars with the best mileage—30 mpg combined city and highway or better. Mercury’s 2009 Mariner Hybrid offers mileage better than the average SUV at 32 mpg combined, starting at $29,445. More »

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      hybrid car  • fuel efficiency  • cars  • Prius  • Mini Cooper  • Smart Car  • Honda Civic Hybrid

    • In 200 Yards, Tell Your GPS to Shut Up Already

      Washington Post  |  Aug 5, 08 5:45 PM CDT

      In 200 Yards, Tell Your GPS to Shut Up Already

      (Newser) - GPS voices, for all their helpfulness to drivers, are still obnoxious and humorless. Now, after years of focusing on packing “navbots” with information, developers are realizing that friendliness counts, too, the Washington Post reports. “Personality, from an engineering perspective, is still an afterthought,” one says. “But every day it's becoming more and more important.” More »

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      driving  • cars  • GPS  • navigation

    • Washington Wants You to Guzzle Gas

      Newsweek  |  Aug 3, 08 3:28 PM CDT

      Washington Wants You to Guzzle Gas

      (Newser) - As gas prices rise, Americans are driving less—and fewer dollars are flowing into the gas-tax-fueled Federal Highway Trust Fund. President Bush’s illogical response? To take money out of public transportation and put it in the highway fund—the latest bizarre example of officials intent on promoting and subsidizing the automobile, Daniel Gross writes in Newsweek. More »

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      gas prices  • cars  • transit  • subsidies

  • July 2008

    • US Driving Continues to Brake

      Washington Post  |  Jul 28, 08 2:57 PM CDT

      US Driving Continues to Brake

      (Newser) - Driving in the United States continued to drop, the Washington Post reports, with May marking the steepest dip in vehicle-miles traveled for that month in the 66 years statistics have been tallied. Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May 2008 than May ’07; in the first five months of 2008, they drove 29.8 billion fewer miles than the same period in 2007. More »