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Hyundai: Lost Your Job? Return Your Car, No Additional Cost
latimesblogs.latimes.com — Dubbed the Hyundai Assurance Program, the South Korean automaker said that people who finance or lease a new Hyundai during the next 12 months can return the car if they “experience an involuntary loss of income” within one year of the purchase date.More… (Autos)
In-Car Microwave makes meals more mobile
dailymail.co.uk — Hot food for your hotrod? According to a Maplin Electronics spokesman, "The In-Car Microwave ensures you can get a heated meal whether you are out for a day in the country, off to the beach or working at a remote site."More… (Autos)
Top Ten Tech Treasures
blogs.motortrend.com — Technology Investment Saves Auto Industry" didn't quite happen. The Senate shot down the House's $15 billion compromise plan to loan the money that Congress originally appropriated in Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 for fuel-efficiency technology development to be used More… (Autos)
Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss - First Look and photos
motortrend.com — Supercar from future for just 750,000 euroMore… (Autos)
Toyota developing solar powered green car?
news.yahoo.com — Toyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car. More… (Autos)
Doctor leaves secret £6 million Bugatti in his will
telegraph.co.uk — Relatives of an eccentric doctor received a dream bequest when he left them a garage containing a 1937 Bugatti.More… (Autos)
Angry Driver Kills Homeless Man for Trying to Wash Windows
nbcbayarea.com — A transient who was washing car windows outside a gas station in Salinas, CA died after on Friday being knocked down by a man buying gas, according to police.More… (Autos)
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Top 10 Green Transportation Trends of 2008
inhabitat.com — Rather than picking individual stories from the past year, we decided to analyze some of the incredible trends that made 2008 a landmark year in the transportation sector. Read on for an in-depth review of ten green transportation trends, and what we believe 2009 will bring us!More… (Autos)
Ford’s New Ultimate Parking Machine
wheels.blogs.nytimes.com — The company is introducing Active Park Assist on two Lincoln models, a system to automate parallel parking.More… (Autos)
GMAC Receives $5 Billion in Government Aid
nytimes.com — The Treasury will buy $5 billion worth of preferred equity shares in GMAC, which used to be the financing subsidiary of General Motors and is now owned jointly by G.M. and Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that owns Chrysler. A Treasury official said that the deal had already closed and that GMAC already has the money.More… (Autos)
Panasonic to Show Powerline Network Prototypes at CES
pcworld.com — Panasonic plans to unveil a networking system that can connect an electric car to home devices via electrical wiring at January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The electric car networking prototype allows people and devices inside the home to check on an electric vehicle while it is being recharged. More… (Autos)
Hertz Connect Car-On-Demand Service Taking Aim At Zipcar
jalopnik.com — Connect by Hertz, the company's new car-sharing service, lets consumers snag an i-Pod-enabled and GPS-equipped car for a few hours at a price not weighed down by the typical rental car usage fees. Sound familiar?More… (Autos)
Auto Bailout: UAW Chief Draws a Line on Concessions
businessweek.com — After the Administration released funds for GM and Chrysler, UAW Chief Ron Gettelfinger bristled at the labor concessions that Treasury is insisting on. In response to the Administration's demands for wage and benefits cuts, he said: "We are disappointed that he [Bush] has added unfair conditions singling out workers."More… (Autos)