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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Great Ideas to Stop the BP Oil Leak from Real Americans - VARIOUS VIDEOS

Great Ideas to Stop the BP Oil Leak from Real Americans - VARIOUS VIDEOS

A couple of weeks ago we presented a video that demonstrated how ordinary hay could be used to safely soak up the oil being poured into the Gulf of Mexico. We haven't heard much about this idea since the, and as today's EPA press conference clearly showed, the government is too busy working on ideas - like chemical dis ... Continue reading

This 4th of July, Flex Fuel Vehicles Owners Should Think About Their Fuel

This 4th of July, Flex Fuel Vehicles Owners Should Think About Their Fuel

BISMARCK, N.D., June 30 This 4th of July weekend, some fortunate North Dakota drivers will celebrate a relatively new freedom - the freedom to choose what type of fuel to put in their car, truck or van. For those with flex fuel vehicles, ethanol-based E85 is an option at a growing number of stations in North Dakota. "E ... Continue reading

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: June Woes Continue, as New-Vehicle Retail Sales Weaken Further

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: June Woes Continue, as New-Vehicle Retail Sales Weaken Further

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., June 30 -- Weakness in new-vehicle retail sales experienced during the first half of June has progressed at an accelerated rate through the remainder of the month, pulling the retail selling rate below 8.5 million units, according to J.D. Power and Associates, which gathers real-time transacti ... Continue reading

North Dakota Student Techs Win Ford/AAA Auto Skills Competition - VIDEO ENHANCED

North Dakota Student Techs Win Ford/AAA Auto Skills Competition - VIDEO ENHANCED

Dear editors. For some reason, this apparently never went through to you. I found it in a spam folder this morning. I hope you can still use it. Also, we will have the winning team in New York on July 7 if there is interest for the Autolab show. ... Continue reading

BP Oil Spill Response Update: EPA Releases First Round of Toxicity Testing Data for Eight Oil Dispersants - COMPLETE AUDIO

BP Oil Spill Response Update: EPA Releases First Round of Toxicity Testing Data for Eight Oil Dispersants - COMPLETE AUDIO

EPA Releases First Round of Toxicity Testing Data for Eight Oil Dispersants* * * *WASHINGTON *--The US Environmental Protection Agency today released peer reviewed results from the first round of its own independent toxicity testing on eight oil dispersants. EPA conducted testing to ensure that decisions about ongoing ... Continue reading

Terrafugia "Flying Car" Gets FAA Approval to Move Towards Reality - VIDEO ENHANCED

Terrafugia "Flying Car" Gets FAA Approval to Move Towards Reality - VIDEO ENHANCED

WOBURN, MA - June 29, 2010: Terrafugia, Inc., developer of the Transition Roadable Aircraft, or "Flying Car", has received an exemption from the FAA to allow the Transition a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 1430 pounds (650 kg). This additional weight accommodates the structure and equipment necessary for compliance w ... Continue reading

EPA Statement on Dispersant Research: "We don't know nothing."

EPA Statement on Dispersant Research: "We don't know nothing."

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL AUTO CENTRAL - June 30, 2010: A live press conference with the EPA is now going on. The purpose of the conference to to reveal information about the first round of testing that is going on relative to the BP Oil Problem. We will have the complete press ... Continue reading

Association of International Automobile Manufacturers Members Top "Most American" Automobile Listing

Association of International Automobile Manufacturers Members Top "Most American" Automobile Listing

ARLINGTON, Va.--Companies represented by the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM) garnered half of the top ten spots in this year’s Cars.com annual ranking of "Most American" vehicles. The listing rates vehicles built and bought in the U.S. based on popularity, sourcing of parts, ... Continue reading

Institution of Engineering and Technology Says Electric Cars Unlikely Ever To Offer A Viable Alternative To Conventional Powered Models

Institution of Engineering and Technology Says Electric Cars Unlikely Ever To Offer A Viable Alternative To Conventional Powered Models

SEE ALSO: Electric Vehicles-Solution or Diversion? Hertfordshire UK June 16, 2010; Long-term limitations in battery technology could restrict electric cars to under a 100-mile range – while rapid charging is likely to limit battery life to just two years An investigation by E&T magazine has raised serious question ... Continue reading

Tesla IPO Share Price Surges - VIDEO ENHANCED

Tesla IPO Share Price Surges - VIDEO ENHANCED

NEW YORK June 30, 2010; Tesla Motors got off to a flying start on Wall Street yesterday as shares in the US electric carmaker soared more than 40 percent over its initial public offering price. Shares in Tesla, the first US auto manufacturer to go public since Ford in 1956, gained 6.89 dollars, or 40.5 percent, to clos ... Continue reading

Oil Spill Reignites Argument for Flex Fuels - VIDEO STORY

Oil Spill Reignites Argument for Flex Fuels - VIDEO STORY

SEE ALSO DETROIT - June 30, 2010: As the largest oil spill in U.S. history continues to leak into the Gulf of Mexico, the argument for domestically produced alternative fuels, like ethanol (E85), is back on. Manufacturing plants continue to research and develop biofuels from a variety of unique sources. In fact, scient ... Continue reading

Andretti Autosport Notes - Watkins Glen - June 30, 2010

Andretti Autosport Notes - Watkins Glen - June 30, 2010

MARCO ANDRETTI, #26 TEAM VENOM ENERGY DRINK CAR "The Glen is as close as it gets to a hometown race for me. It's great to see all the fan support each year. We've run decent here in the past and have had some solid finishes. Right now we need to get as many championship points as possible. A win this weekend would send ... Continue reading

SunTrust RACING Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona Preview

SunTrust RACING Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona Preview

DAYTONA BEACH, June 30, 2010: Hey, Scott Pruett: Max Angelelli says he wants his “Ax” back! Four times in the last two GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series races, Angelelli and co-driver Ricky Taylor’s No. 10 SunTrust Ford Dallara of Wayne Taylor Racing beat Pruett and his co-driver Memo Rojas’ No. 01 C ... Continue reading

Winslow Returns To SSM At The Glen

Winslow Returns To SSM At The Glen

Indianapolis, June 30, 2010: James Winslow and the No. 77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports team will return to Firestone Indy Lights at Watkins Glen International, team officials announced. "I'm excited to get back into the car," Winslow said. "I haven't raced since April, so the almost three-month break has me itching to get b ... Continue reading

AVIS Partners With IZOD IndyCar Series And Firestone Indy Lights

AVIS Partners With IZOD IndyCar Series And Firestone Indy Lights

Indianapolis, June 30, 2010: AVIS has formed a multi-year partnership with the Indy Racing League to be the official rental car company of the IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights. AVIS, which for 11 consecutive years has been named the leading rental car company in customer loyalty, will take an active role i ... Continue reading

Nemechek, NEMCO Motorsports Announce 5-Race Sponsorship with HostGator.com

Nemechek, NEMCO Motorsports Announce 5-Race Sponsorship with HostGator.com

MOORESEVILLE, June 29, 2010: HostGator.com, a leading provider of web hosting services, will sponsor Joe Nemechek's NEMCO Motorsports entries in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races this weekend at Daytona International Speedway. HostGator.com will also sponsor Nemechek’s Nationwide car July 9 at ... Continue reading

Viso Has New Attitude For Watkins Glen

Viso Has New Attitude For Watkins Glen

WATKINS GLEN, June 29, 2010: E.J. Viso brings a new attitude to this weekend’s Camping World Grand Prix at the Glen, the ninth stop on the 17-race IZOD IndyCar Series. Viso, driver of the No. 8 PDVSA — KV Racing Technology Honda/Dallara/Firestone machine, returns to the famed 3.37-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen r ... Continue reading

Force's Castrol Team Wins Full Throttle Hard-Working Crew Award

Force's Castrol Team Wins Full Throttle Hard-Working Crew Award

FORCE'S CASTROL TEAM WINS FULL THROTTLE HARD-WORKING CREW AWARD YORBA LINDA, CA (June 29, 2010) --- It was announced today that for their difference-making performance at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, Full Throttle Energy Drink saluted the Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang team as one of this weekâ ... Continue reading

GRAND-AM Rolex Series Team Penalized For Rule Violation

GRAND-AM Rolex Series Team Penalized For Rule Violation

DAYTONA BEACH, June 29, 2010: GRAND-AM Road Racing today assessed penalties on the No. 01 team that competes in the Daytona Prototype class, as a result of a rule violation during the June 19 Rolex Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. During post-race inspection, the team was found to be in violation of Daytona P ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing Covers More Distance in GRAND-AM

Krohn Racing Covers More Distance in GRAND-AM

Daytona, June 29, 2010: As we enter Round 8 of 12 in the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola of Tracy W. Krohn and Nic Jönsson tops the lap charts. The No. 75 Krohn entry has completed more laps than any GRAND-AM DP car this season (1,501 of 1,548). The team is Daytona-b ... Continue reading

Taiwan's First Passenger Automobile Brand Luxgen At Vietnam Auto & Petrol 2010

Taiwan's First Passenger Automobile Brand Luxgen At Vietnam Auto & Petrol 2010

LUXGEN, Taiwan's first independent automobile manufacturer, is attending the Vietnam Auto & Petrol 2010 taking place 23-27 June 2010 at the Ho Chi Minh City International Exhibition & Convention Center ... Continue reading

BMW - The Most Successful Marque At The International Engine Of The Year Awards

BMW - The Most Successful Marque At The International Engine Of The Year Awards

Half of all engine classes at the 2010 "International Engine of the Year Awards" have been won by the BMW Group, highlighting the company's ability to produce class-leading, efficient, yet high performance petrol and diesel engines. ... Continue reading

Relive Your Childhood Motoring Dreams With Mazda At The Goodwood Festival Of Speed

Relive Your Childhood Motoring Dreams With Mazda At The Goodwood Festival Of Speed

Relive your childhood dreams of playing with a life-sized Scalextric track on the Mazda stand at this weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed (1-4th July) which features 20 years of Mazda MX-5. ... Continue reading

Mclaren Mp4-12c: The World Public Debut At The 2010 Goodwood Festival Of Speed With Jenson Button And Lewis Hamilton

Mclaren Mp4-12c: The World Public Debut At The 2010 Goodwood Festival Of Speed With Jenson Button And Lewis Hamilton

McLaren Automotive will be presenting the groundbreaking new MP4-12C to a public audience for the first time at Goodwood Festival of Speed, which takes place from Thursday 1- Sunday 4 July 2010. Current Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button and 2008 Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton will drive the 12C up Goodwoo ... Continue reading

Cutting Edge Audio And Navigation Technology Heralds A New Ice Age For Smart

Cutting Edge Audio And Navigation Technology Heralds A New Ice Age For Smart

The smart fortwo ICE edition is the height of automotive cool and is a car that genuinely sounds as good as it looks. ... Continue reading

The Used LCV Market

The Used LCV Market

BCA has today published 'The Used LCV Market Report 2010', a new publication aimed at highlighting the critical role LCV's play in the wealth and prosperity of the UK. ... Continue reading

Ford Fiesta Returns to ESPN's X Games With an All-Star Driver Lineup

Ford Fiesta Returns to ESPN's X Games With an All-Star Driver Lineup

DEARBORN, Mich., June 29 -- -- Ford Fiesta looks to defend its Rally Car Racing title when it returns to ESPN's X Games 16 -- The Fiesta's all-star driver lineup grows from three drivers to four with the addition of Ford Rally America and WRC driver Ken Block to last year's trio of Kenny Brack, Tanner Foust and Brian D ... Continue reading

A Small Dose of Little Cars at The Tres Petite Concours Exhibit is a Big Hit

A Small Dose of Little Cars at The Tres Petite Concours Exhibit is a Big Hit

CHICAGO, June 29 -- For 2 1/2 days and nights - June 11-13 - an unexpected exhibit of micro & minicars added an element of surprise that brought immediate smiles and oohs and ahhs of sheer delight from the 5,000 passers-by, including 150 school children from the local grammar school. Even the iffy weather didn't keep t ... Continue reading

Forester to the Rescue! Subaru Supplies Vehicle to Children's Charity

Forester to the Rescue! Subaru Supplies Vehicle to Children's Charity

Subaru UK has supplied an All-Wheel Drive Subaru Forester 2.0 D XC to the Yorkhill Children's Foundation. The Glasgow-based Foundation, which provides support and equipment for sick children and babies from all over Scotland, will use the Forester as a go-anywhere ambulance support vehicle. ... Continue reading

New Special Edition MMazda X-5 'Miyako' On Sale 1 July

New Special Edition MMazda X-5 'Miyako' On Sale 1 July

Continuing to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the world's best-selling roadster, Mazda has introduced a new 'summer special edition' version of its iconic sportscar, named the Mazda MX-5 Miyako. ... Continue reading

Think City Goes Racing

Think City Goes Racing

Pioneering Scandinavian EV maker, THINK, entered the world of motor sport at the weekend with the THINK City 'EV Cup Edition' taking part in the START Eco Car Trials - the world's first electric vehicle race. ... Continue reading

The Honda Foundation Donates To Canberra-Based Koolamon Fellowship

The Honda Foundation Donates To Canberra-Based Koolamon Fellowship

Canberra based community organisation Koolamon Fellowship, will benefit from a $7,000 donation from The Honda Foundation and Capital Honda in the ACT. ... Continue reading

One Million V6 Diesel Engines From The Mercedes-Benz Plant in Berlin

One Million V6 Diesel Engines From The Mercedes-Benz Plant in Berlin

June 28 marked a special production anniversary for the Mercedes-Benz plant in Berlin: plant manager Thomas Uhr took delivery of the one millionth V6 diesel engine together with Harald Wolf, economic affairs senator, and Volker Stauch, Head of Powertrain Production Mercedes-Benz Cars. ... Continue reading

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