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Middle school students design fuel cell based cities

In conjunction with the upcoming 15th annual National Engineers Week in mid-February, the event organizers are again holding a design competition for seventh and eighth grade students. This year's competition involves designing a city of the future…

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The Opel Calibra could be reborn from the GTC concept

Back in 1990, Opel introduced a sleek new front-wheel-drive Vectra-based coupe called the Calibra to replace the old Manta. The Calibra was popular in Europe through most of the decade and formed the basis for Opel's DTM efforts in the early to mid…

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New Ford Falcon won't be exported to the States

So here's how the story goes. Back in early 2006, Ford and the Australian government announced that the automaker would invest $100 million (Australian) to develop a left-hand-drive version of the next generation Falcon. The LHD Falcon was intended…

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GM delays introduction of next generation large trucks

With sales of full size pickup trucks and SUVs shrinking far faster than even the most pessimistic industry projections one year ago, GM has decided to delay the successor to the current GMT900 models. The current generation of large trucks debuted…

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South Koreans choosing SUVs over hybrids

In recent months, it seems that South Korean buyers have been increasingly less enamored with hybrid vehicles… at least when it comes to buying them. In February, nationwide sales of hybrids dipped to only 591 units, a mere 0.5 percent market…

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General Motors Continues to Spread the Ethanol Love

Last week in Florida it was announced that General Motors will continue to expand their promotion of E85. This time they are teaming up with the state of Florida and operators of Inland Food Stores to expand the availability of E85. Inland will be…