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What wins on Sunday does not sell on Monday in the case of the Viper. Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - Nov. 24, 2009 2009 Dodge Viper – $91,220 to start and 16 mpgUS combined on the 08 EPA. Fortunately most sit in collections or garages and are driven very sparingly. The Street and Racing Technology (SRT) team from Chrysler set a new mark in the Street-legal, Production Supercar at Laguna Seca raceway today. Chris Winkler, an SRT vehicle...

Quote: Originally Posted by GrnHrnt I like the idea seems neat. One Question. Why don't they just elevate the northbound traffic above the southbound and then they don't need any traffic signals at all? or did I miss something. I'd wager on pricing. This is something I've thought of for major highways, but it would probably be too expensive.

Ice at both poles is melting faster than predicted, the claims of recent global cooling are wrong, and world leaders must act fast if steep temperature rises are to be avoided. Elizabeth Kolbert - YALE - Nov 24, 2009 Since an agreement in Copenhagen has been dismissed, perhaps presenting undeniable evidence is the best plan --Ed. Ahead of talks in Copenhagen, a group of leading climate scientists has issued a new report summarizing the most...

Hi, Nash -- Samsung and Robert Bosch JV buy Cobasys I'm still waiting for that one to show some results out on the market as I really would love to buy something like the RAV-4 EV powertrain! I'm not the only one, either.

The e-Power series comes of age Chuck Squatriglia - WIRED - November 23, 2009 A new racing sport is born that doesn't use barrels of fuel. --Ed. Electric motorcycle racing has hit the big time with the announcement that the sanctioning body of MotoGP and the Endurance World Championship is launching an electric racing series next year. There’s no word yet on who’s racing or what rules they’ll have to follow, but the Fédération...

Approximately what EPA rating would 47 or 45 mpg on the NEDC translate to?

I am scandalised by this action and I find it totally abnormal that Renault should decide to take the name of a woman, that of my daughter, to apply to a car Charles Bremner - TYPEPAD - November 24, 2009 Only in France --Ed. The Renault company has run into trouble with young French parents over the name of its latest car. They are unhappy that the firm has bestowed the name Zoé on its forthcoming all-electric offspring. This is not the...

Technology has not advanced if it's unsafe David Guiterrez - NATURALNEWS - Nov 7th, 2009 Remember Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! --Ed. By products from the production of corn for ethanol bio-fuels have been found to be contaminated with antibiotics. "Ethanol's drug problem is just the latest of many reasons to impose a moratorium on production of fuels from grains," wrote Stan Cox for the Land Institute's...

Cool! That's definitely outside the box, as they say.

That's too bad. I was really looking forward to a miniaturized CCX with an Aero badge.