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GM HCCI engine can operate at idle

General Motors first showed off its prototype Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engines last summer in an Opel Vectra and a Saturn Aura. We had the opportunity to drive these vehicles at GM's Milford Proving Ground at a very early stage…

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Celsias turns a jaundiced eye on biofuels

Over at Celsias there's a fairly long article on biofuels with the title “Biofuels – From the Frying Pan Into the Fire?” It looks at the huge expansion in biofuel production that's taking place around the world and some of the detrimental effects of…

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Lotus 125 track car to debut at Pebble Beach

Lotus Evora Cup – Click above for high-res image gallery
Lotus will be more active than usual during next week's festivities around the Monterey historic races and Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Along with the North American Debuts of the Evora…

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Berkeley-Stanford EV conference coming up in November

If you're in the Bay Area on November 19 and you're interested in up and coming technology, you might want to swing by the UC-Berkeley campus. University of California – Berkeley and Stanford University are teaming up to conduct a series of…