Detroit Preview: HP2g Revenge Verde Super Car
Last year, the HP2g E85-powered Mustang was at the Detroit Auto Show, and things were looking pretty good for Doug Pelmear and his 110 miles-per-gallon equivalent plan. He was participating in the Automotive X Prize and was confident he would at least win the popularity portion of the AXP thanks to the classic looks of [...]
Review: 2010 Lexus RX450h is the pinnacle of autonomous fuel-sippers
2010 Lexus RX 450h – Click above for high-res image gallery With a slew of sensors and CPUs, the 2010 Lexus RX450h can pretty much drive itself. Want to go somewhere? Sit down in the driver’s seat, use the Remote Touch device (a.k.a. “mouse”) to tell the crossover where you want to go, and follow [...]
Toyota Will Offer Plug-in Hybrid by 2010
The national coming-out party for the Toyota Prius was a television commercial during the 2005 Super Bowl. The narrator bragged, “Low emissions, high mileage, and you never plug it in.” In those early days of hybrids, Toyota marketers felt compelled to portray charging up your car via the electric grid as an evil to be [...]
DOWNSHIFT: Gettin’ dirty with Mike Rowe:
Mike Rowe has risen to fame as the host of ”Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel: as well as narrating other shows such as ”Deadliest Catch:” and for the past three years has been a spokesman for Ford.
Downshift: Ford’s Driving Skills for Life program:
This is National Teen Safe Driver Week. One way to boost the skills of teen drivers is the Driving Skills for Life program: sponsored by Ford. The program has a Web site: www.drivingskillsforlife.com: and holds track events around the country.
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