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Biodiesel Powered with SunEco Algae Oil Reduced Emissions 82% with No Loss of Power - 2 GREAT VIDEOS

Biodiesel Powered with SunEco Algae Oil Reduced Emissions 82% with No Loss of Power - 2 GREAT VIDEOS

Biodiesel, powered with SunEco algae oil reduced emissions 82% with no loss of power CHINO, Calif., July 29 -- J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. and SunEco Energy today announced the signing of a cooperative agreement, which could lead to J.B. Hunt becoming a significant purchaser of biodiesel made from natural algae ... Continue reading

As Chrysler and GM Shut Down Dealers, Wheego Electric Cars Looks to Add Them

As Chrysler and GM Shut Down Dealers, Wheego Electric Cars Looks to Add Them

Company Announces National Dealer Road Show ATLANTA, July 29 -- In the face of massive dealership cuts nationwide, Wheego Electric Cars is looking to stem the tide by adding select dealers for the Wheego Whip, its new plug-in electric low speed vehicle, which launches in August. To that end, the company's executives ar ... Continue reading

Drunk Driving Eliminated in Our Lifetime

Drunk Driving Eliminated in Our Lifetime

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--The day is coming when drivers who are legally intoxicated may not be able to drive their vehicles. Recent technological advances make it possible to measure a driver’s intoxication level by analyzing light reflected from his or her skin, and governments are now working with the global automotiv ... Continue reading

'Distracted Driving' the Top Reason that 35 Percent of Drivers Feel Less Safe than Five Years Ago

'Distracted Driving' the Top Reason that 35 Percent of Drivers Feel Less Safe than Five Years Ago

Eighty-Seven Percent Rated Texting or E-mailing a Very Serious Threat, Ranked Almost Even with Drunk Driving WASHINGTON, July 28 Thirty-five percent of drivers said they feel less safe than they did five years ago, according to the second-annual 2009 Traffic Safety Culture Index released today by the AAA Foundation for ... Continue reading

Beijing Automotive Industry Corp to Seek New Chances after Opel Buy Fails

Beijing Automotive Industry Corp to Seek New Chances after Opel Buy Fails

BAIC to seek new chances after Opel buy fails Shanghai, July 28 President of Beijing Automotive Industry Corp. (BAIC) said the company would continue to seek international cooperation opportunities though it had failed to reach an agreement with General Motors on the buying of Opel, the Beijing Morning Post reports Tue ... Continue reading

U-Haul Money-Saving Moving Tips for College Students

U-Haul Money-Saving Moving Tips for College Students

PHOENIX, July 28 -- U-Haul, the do-it-yourself moving industry leader since 1945, knows the most cost-effective ways for people to move and is always eager to pass on many savings to our customers. Below are money-saving tips that can help do-it-yourself movers and college students save money and make moving easier. Su ... Continue reading

AT&T Accepts Keys to Smith Newton Next Generation All-Electric Cargo Truck

AT&T Accepts Keys to Smith Newton Next Generation All-Electric Cargo Truck

Purchase Follows AT&T 10-Year Commitment to Spend up to $565 Million on Alternative-Fuel Vehicles WASHINGTON, July 28 -- AT&T* today accepted the keys to its new all-electric cargo truck. AT&T, along with three other companies, received one of six trucks delivered by Smith Electric on Capitol Hill today - the first in ... Continue reading

First Next Generation All-Electric Commercial Vehicles Delivered on Capitol Hill to Fortune 500 Companies

First Next Generation All-Electric Commercial Vehicles Delivered on Capitol Hill to Fortune 500 Companies

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Staples, Frito-Lay, AT&T, and Kansas City Power & Light receive keys to new Smith Newton WASHINGTON, July 28 Four Fortune 500 companies and two utility companies took delivery of the first in a series of next generation all-electric commercial vehicles in an auto ... Continue reading

Complete One-Stop Cash for Clunkers Resource: TheAutoChannel.com

Complete One-Stop Cash for Clunkers Resource: TheAutoChannel.com

AUTO CENTRAL - July 28, 2009: The government sponsored program known as CASH FOR CLUNKERS is the hottest news in the auto world. While it probably won't have any great long-lasting effect of the industry or the economy in general, at least it's stimulating interest in something other than looking for tall buildings wit ... Continue reading

Americans Open to Vehicles From China and India, Study Shows

Americans Open to Vehicles From China and India, Study Shows

New Study Shows Willingness to Accept Unknown Brands TUSTIN, Calif., July 28 -- Newly released research shows fifteen percent of new car buyers in the United States say they would consider purchasing their next vehicle from China, and eleven percent would consider buying a car from India, without knowing specific brand ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Announces Production, Sales and Export Figures for June 2009 and First Six Months of Calendar 2009

Mitsubishi Announces Production, Sales and Export Figures for June 2009 and First Six Months of Calendar 2009

TOKYO - July 28, 2009: Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced global production, as well as domestic sales and export figures for June 2009 and for the first six months of calendar 2009. June 2009 Production: total and in Japan Total global production for June came in at 57,791 units, a decline of 47.8 percent o ... Continue reading

Bentley China Sales to Top 4,000 Units over 5 Years

Bentley China Sales to Top 4,000 Units over 5 Years

Bentley China sales to top 4,000 units over 5 yrs Shanghai, July 27 Last week at the launch ceremony of a Bentley showroom in Guangzhou city, southern China, a top executive of Bentley China said that this super-luxury brand will deliver at least 4,000 its cars over the next five years in China, which is becoming one o ... Continue reading

Featured Documentary Film Lancia Sportscar Invited to Pebble Beach

Featured Documentary Film Lancia Sportscar Invited to Pebble Beach

59th Concours d’Elegance to include all-original 1957 Lancia Aurelia B24S 2500 Convertible America in World’s most Prestigious Automotive Event SAN JOSE, CA - July 27, 2009: The 59th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance has invited filmmaker and high-technology executive Gregory Berkin’s all-original 19 ... Continue reading

The Inconvenient Truth about "Cash for Clunkers:" Each Car Sale to Cost Taxpayers $20k Apiece, Reports Edmunds.com

The Inconvenient Truth about "Cash for Clunkers:" Each Car Sale to Cost Taxpayers $20k Apiece, Reports Edmunds.com

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Much has been written – both pro and con – about the Cash for Clunkers program that officially launches today. Complexity, limited eligibility and minimal funding are common criticisms. But so far, the chief failing has been overlooked. Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automo ... Continue reading

Oil Rises Above $68 For No Reason At All ...Well, There is Greed

Oil Rises Above $68 For No Reason At All ...Well, There is Greed

SINGAPORE - July 27, 2009: Oil prices rose above $68 a barrel Monday in Asia as blah blah blah blah blah. Then blah, blah, blah, blah blah. In other oil and gasoline news, yadda yadda yadda, yack, yack yack. Which means that the filthy pig OPEC ministers and their buddies at the gasoline companies decided to screw the ... Continue reading

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