August 8th, 2008
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The future of vehicle safety is moving more and more toward in-car electronic systems that will be able to prevent accidents, and the European Union has taken a major step in laying the foundation for some of that automated safety equipment. The EU enacted a new regulation on Friday that reserves an EU-wide frequency [...]
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Move over computer. All you may need is a pen.
Livescribe, the Oakland, Calif., digital-pen maker recently started selling its Pulse smartpen with built-in memory that digitally transcribes written words and at the same time records audio.
That means college students that record a professor won’t have to manually transcribe the lecture or taking minimal notes in a long meeting won’t leave you scrambling.
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The changes to Subaru’s turbo Impreza line-up for 2009 were briefly touched upon earlier this month, but now we’ve got official photos and more information to bring you — including expected pricing. Basically, Subaru took the WRX and spiffed it up with more power, better handling and sportier looks, while adding an automatic-only 2.5GT that [...]
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The rickshaw: a staple of Chinese mobility for over a century. The MINI Clubman: not so much. The solution: combine the two. That’s exactly what Beijing MINI decided to do to promote the MINI Clubman’s launch in China.
MINI’s rickshaw – which has been dubbed ‘the other rickshaw’ – launched earlier this month [...]
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SUV sales may be dropping like the proverbial lead balloon, but General Motors is trying to ballast the ship by offering hybrid drivetrains in some of its thirstiest vehicle. The Cadillac Escalade Hybrid is the latest hybrid in GM’s line of GMT 900-based hybrid vehicles, and GM officially announced pricing for the luxury hybrid [...]
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SUV sales may be dropping like the proverbial lead balloon, but General Motors is trying to ballast the ship by offering hybrid drivetrains in some of its thirstiest vehicle. The Cadillac Escalade Hybrid is the latest hybrid in GM’s line of GMT 900-based hybrid vehicles, and GM officially announced pricing for the luxury hybrid [...]
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Gordon Murray, the designer of the McLaren F1, which was the fastest production car for over a decade until the Bugatti Veyron dethroned it, is reportedly working on a new, lightweight supercar. Gordon Murray Design would like the supercar to be compact and lightweight, with power coming from a small displacement engine, resulting in low [...]
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Although Chrysler is now a privately held company and therefore isn’t required to divulge its financial standings, the Michigan automaker has been quite open about its balance sheets. Company president Jim Press has continued that trend by announcing that Chrysler earned a gross profit of $1.1 billion.
Although a $1.1 billion gross profit from Chrysler [...]
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Rolls-Royce’s development of an all-new ‘entry-level’ sedan is progressing on schedule — as evidenced by our spy photos and even Rolls-Royce’s owner teaser sketches — and it looks as though the Baby Rolls, codenamed RR4 and NGS (New Generation Sedan), is slated for a March reveal.
According to a new Car Magazine report, [...]