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Karl Rove ‘offended’ by Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Rachel Weiner - Feb. 07 (News Report) - A Chrysler ad aired during the Super Bowl Sunday night has inspired ire among some Republicans and admiration among some Democrats — with both sides seeing a political message that boosts President Obama.

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Ford may post best year since 1998

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Louisville Courier-Journal - By Bloomberg News - Jan. 26 (News Report) - Ford Motor Co., boosted by a one-time tax gain, may report its most profitable year since 1998, while weakness in Europe and Asia cut fourth-quarter earnings.

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Automakers in a race for buyers of mid-size family cars

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Jerry Hirsch - Jan. 11 (News Report) - Ford, GM, Honda and Nissan are all rolling out revamped models this year, with added features and better gas mileage.

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U.S. Car Manufacturers Have Record December

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

ABC News - By Susanna Kim - Jan. 04 (News Report) - Chrysler announced its best monthly retail sales in four year years, leading the pack of U.S. car makers who had capped a robust 2011 with strong December sales.

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Are America’s subways and roads overpriced?

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Brad Plumer - Dec. 07 (News Report) - Why do transportation projects cost so much in the United States?

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Warmth In Winter: Smart Windows To Let Heat In

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

All Things Considered - Nov. 29 - Windows treated with an insulating film are twice as efficient as regular double-pane windows, since they block heat from entering a building. That's useful on warm days, but inefficient when it's cold. One lab is researching a new coating that could be turned on and off with an electrical current.

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GM, UAW deal would add or save 6,000 jobs

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:27:53 -0700

Detroit Free Press - Sep. 20 - The tentative labor contract between General Motors and the UAW will add or save more than 6,000 U.S. jobs during the life of the four-year contract, people familiar with the pact told the Free Press.

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Spam

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Boston Globe - Sep. 05 (Advertisement) - Spam

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Streets With Bike Lanes are a Kind of Economic Stimulus

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Treehugger - By Michael Graham Richard - Jun. 29 (Opinion) - A new report by the University of Massachusetts' Political Economy Research Institute confirms that bike lanes are not just good for our health and for the environment, but they are also very good for the health of the economy. Some of the ways it brings benefits are: Tourism, more traffic to local businesses, increased property values, healthier citizens, etc.

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Chevy Volt dealers inflate prices, take tax credits

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Tiffany Hsu - Jun. 03 (News Report) - Several dealerships, including at least one in California, have marked up new Volts more than $20,000. Others are selling the cars as used, claiming a $7,500 tax credit for themselves.Car sales may be in a slump, but the hybrid-electric Chevrolet Volts are hot, and that's leading to shortages — and in some cases extreme dealer markups.

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Driving Is Why You're Fat

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Fast Company - By Ariel Schwartz - May. 15 (Comment) - Obesity is a complicated disease. It can be caused by your mom's pregnancy diet, genetics, your KFC Double Down habit, or some combination of all three. But why has the problem reached such epidemic proportions in the U.S.? Researchers at the University of Illinois think our car culture may be to blame. After analyzing national statistics from between 1985 and 2007, the researchers found that vehicle use (measured in annual vehicle miles traveled) correlated approximately 99% with annual obesity rates. The more we sit around doing nothing in our cars, the fatter we get. Of course, cars and roads aren't going anywhere, but we could stand to drive just a little bit less. If every licensed driver in the country cut down on travel by just one mile each day, in six years the obesity rate would drop 2.16%--cutting down on the number of obese adults by almost 5 million people, according to PhysOrg.

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Obama floats plan to tax cars by the mile

Thu, 05 May 2011 08:46:24 -0700

The Hill - By Pete Kasperowicz - May. 05 (News) - Right now about 50%, on average, of the price of a gallon of gas is taxes. I guess comrade Obama needs more taxes from those of us he promised NOT to raise taxes on. Just think of what would happen if he wanted to force us to fall into lock step with his environmental wacko agenda. Once again he wants to steal from his subjects so he can do what he wants to better HIS life.

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Obama Sets Goal of One-Third Cut in Oil Imports

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By John M. Broder - Mar. 30 (News) - With gasoline prices rising, oil supplies from the Middle East pinched by political upheaval and growing calls in Congress for expanded domestic oil and gas production, President Obama on Wednesday will set a goal of a one-third reduction in oil imports over the next decade, aides said Tuesday.

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EU to ban cars from cities by 2050

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Telegraph - By Bruno Waterfield - Mar. 29 (News) - Cars will be banned from London and all other cities across Europe under a draconian EU masterplan to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent over the next 40 years.

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G.M. Reports an Annual Profit, Its First Since 2004

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Nick Bunkley - Feb. 24 (News) - General Motors, which nearly collapsed from the weight of its debts two years ago before reorganizing in a government-sponsored bankruptcy, said Thursday that it earned $4.7 billion in 2010, the most in more than a decade.

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Some Thoughts on the Recent Speed Camera Debate

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Perry Hall Patch - By Jeffrey Smith - Feb. 11 (Opinion) - Perry Hall residents saw the good, the bad, and the ugly during the recent debate regarding expanded speed camera useage.

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GM, Chrysler Salaried Workers' Bonuses Said to Reach as Much as 50% of Pay

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Bloomberg - By Keith Naughton, David Welch, Tim Higgins - Feb. 11 (News Report) - General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC, which each received government-funded bailouts, may award some managers bonuses of as much as 50 percent of their salary, said four people familiar with the plans. GM plans to pay bonuses to most managers equal to 15 percent to 20 percent of their annual salary and as high as 50 percent to less than 1 percent of its 26,000 U.S. salaried employees.

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2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG: Efficiency and performance in a breathtaking package

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Susan Carpenter - Jan. 27 (Review) - The 7-year-old luxury sports car model combines increased fuel economy with more horsepower and torque.When it comes to luxury sport cars, efficiency and performance have been terminally at odds. Twinning the two ideas is akin to pulling together the polarized ends of a magnet. But with its CLS 63 AMG for 2012, Mercedes-Benz has, mein gott, done it.

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Baltimore ranks near top in congestion

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Baltimore Sun - By Michael Dresser - Jan. 20 (News) - The Baltimore metropolitan area — though only No. 17 in population — ranks fifth in the nation in the average number of hours automobile commuters are delayed during peak periods, according to a national traffic study to be released today.

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CAR REVIEWS: BEST OF 2011

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Susan Carpenter, David Undercoffler - Jan. 16 (Review) - Awards season is at hand, so it's only fitting to salute top performers in one of L.A.'s favorite categories: autos. Our work as Times car reviewers put us behind the wheels of dozens of vehicles last year.

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At auto show, Chrysler comes out crowing over rebound

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Peter Whoriskey - Jan. 11 (News Report) - A new portfolio of Chrysler cars and trucks was rolled out here Monday with music by Eminem reverberating and images of ebullient executives broadcast onto mega-screens flanking the stage, a remarkable display for a company that just a year ago had been nearly left for dead.

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A Green Detroit? No, a Guzzling One

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Edward Niedermeyer - Dec. 16 (Opinion) - G.M. and Chrysler, post-bailout, are profitable only because of pickups and S.U.V.’s.

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All-electric claims for Chevy Volt fire up GM's critics

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Michael Hiltzik - Oct. 28 (News Report) - To understand the furor that erupted recently when General Motors rolled out its new electric car, the Chevy Volt, for its public debut, it pays to keep the following fact in mind: For electric car enthusiasts, GM is a company with blood on its hands. The crime was the murder of the EV1, the pioneering all-electric car GM produced from 1996 to 1999 and supported indifferently until it shut down the program for good in 2005.

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Review: Chevy Volt — electrifying

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Susan Carpenter - Oct. 21 (Review) - GM has succeeded in making an outside-the-box electric vehicle that's alluring almost any way you look at it, including under the hood.

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Toyota recalling 1.53 million cars globally

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Malcolm Foster - Oct. 21 (News) - Toyota is recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the U.S. and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems, the latest in a string of quality problems for the world's No. 1 automaker.

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