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With the lousy economy in Michigan, most towns and cities have been struggling with shrinking revenues from state and local property taxes. All over the state, public employees have been getting laid off. There are, of…

In recent years, products made in China have gained more renown for being cheap than for the quality control behind them. Up until now, inexpensive sneakers that fall apart after a few weeks or DVD players that work erratically have been more of an…

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After a couple of teaser images, we can now finally show you all of Kia's new plug-in hybrid concept. Debuting here at Chicago Auto Show, we now know a few more details about the concept,…

Just last week we found out that lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems had filed the first batch of paperwork required for it to make an initial public stock sale. Having tried to read through a few of these kinds of filings in the past, we took a…

This week at the Frankfurt Motor Show Hyundai will be taking the wraps off a new crossover concept propelled by their by a hydrogen fuel cell. The i-Blue uses Hyundai's third-generation fuel cell technology. Hyundai's previous fuel cell vehicles were…

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Mercedes-Benz kicked off the race to the finish line for 50-state legal, urea-injected diesels this week with a first drive in Vermont. Mercedes chose Vermont for the international media debut of its…

For the past three years the Sightline Institute of Seattle has been compiling a Cascadia Scorecard that analyzes various trends in the Northwest States. The scorecard examines items like energy use, urban sprawl, pollution, health, economic…

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Land Rover has now officially announced the refreshed 2011 Range Rover and, as previously reported, one of the new powertrain options is a 4.4-liter turbodiesel V8 engine. The new diesel is…

German magazine AutoBild is reporting that Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking has finally confirmed that a diesel powered Cayenne will indeed appear in 2009. Porsche has long denied that would build a diesel powered vehicle because it would be out of…

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At the same time that Lithium Technologies is showing off their plug-in conversion of a Toyota Prius comes word from Japan that Toyota themselves are delaying the…