India May Soon Have Hydrogen Powered Cars (AnandTech) Hydrogen fuel

India May Soon Have Hydrogen Powered Cars (AnandTech)
Hydrogen fuel cell technology is being heavily researched by scientists and researchers around the world, including India...

Home buyers might like carts more than cars (The News & Observer)
Golf cart friendly streets have become must-have amenities in certain neighborhoods here.

The Cars of Tomorrow (Wired News)
Your next must-have vehicle is more than just a gleam in an auto developer's eye. Major car companies are already hard at work redefining your chariot of choice. By Michael Spinelli from Wired magazine.

Sinchew-i Photo (Sinchew)
ALL-ELECTRIC.... Bollore Group director Vincent Bollore drives an all-electric BlueCar during the vehicle's presentation at Le Bourget, France.

Preview: 2007 Toyota Camry
With sleeker styling, a more powerful engine and a new hybrid version, America's best-selling car sets a new benchmark.
Ann Job

IL Special Report: Inside the New Diesel Hybrids (Edmunds.com)
PARIS French automaker PSA Citro n has confirmed that it will have two diesel-electric hybrid vehicles in production by 2010. Inside Line had the opportunity to talk with executives behind the new cars and take a prototype out for a spin.

Preview: 2007 Toyota CamryWith sleeker styling, a more powerful engine

Preview: 2007 Toyota Camry
With sleeker styling, a more powerful engine and a new hybrid version, America's best-selling car sets a new benchmark.
Ann Job

Buick Enclave DebutThis luxury crossover SUV with high-tech features, which

Buick Enclave Debut
This luxury crossover SUV with high-tech features, which debuted at the auto show in Detroit, should be in production during 2007.
Editors of MSN Autos

Batteries that Don t Die (Technology Review)
New technologies are transforming an old workhorse, promising all-electric lawnmowers and hybrid military vehicles.

High-End Luxury Vehicles Without Rival
Luxury automobiles priced above $100,000.
Editors of MSN Autos

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'
The luxury carmaker claims to have the world?s best car in an all-new flagship.
Editors of MSN Autos

Former U.S. official admits corruption in Iraq (MSNBC)
Luxury cars, a $20,000 Harley Davidson motorcycle, $10,000 Breitling watches and mountains of cash were all part of an elaborate corruption scheme in Iraq which court documents allege involves at least seven Americans, including five Army reserve officers. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.

ANALYSIS: Bush says new fuels will bring a new era (Detroit Free Press)
WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech Tuesday addressed a sensitive topic for Detroit's automakers: America's energy dependence. He pledged to increase government research that would lead to better batteries for gasoline-electric hybrid and electric cars and fund research that would make ethanol fuel more a practical alternative.

Volvo to Offer New Small Car
The Swedish automaker unveils a small car intended for young professionals in urban areas.
Editors of MSN Autos

Is ethanol the answer? (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
The pitch to run our cars and trucks on alcohol fuel sounds irresistible: It would eliminate most U.S. gasoline consumption; avoid the costs, delays and environmental impacts of new oil refineries; and keep control of our fuel in America and out of often-hostile foreign hands.

ANALYSIS: Bush says new fuels will bring a new era

ANALYSIS: Bush says new fuels will bring a new era (Detroit Free Press)
WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech Tuesday addressed a sensitive topic for Detroit's automakers: America's energy dependence. He pledged to increase government research that would lead to better batteries for gasoline-electric hybrid and electric cars and fund research that would make ethanol fuel more a practical alternative.

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PSA Peugeot Citroen has unveiled two prototype diesel-electric hybrid cars. The company claims the Peugeot 307 and the Citroen C4 Hybride HDi will have a diesel consumption of 3.4 litres per 100 kilometres, with 90 grams of CO2 emitted per kilometre.

Mitsubishi Electric Announces Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2006 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TOKYO----Feb. 2, 2006--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today its financial results for the third quarter, ending December 31, 2005, of the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2006 .

GM invests $115 million in hybrids (Detroit Free Press)
WHITE MARSH, Md. -- A day after President George W. Bush called for cutting America's dependence on foreign oil, General Motors Corp. announced a $115-million investment in a Baltimore-area plant to build transmissions for hybrid gasoline-electric SUVs.

With eye on savings, Aurora adds first hybrid car to fleet (The Fox Valley Villages Sun)
AURORA With gas prices soaring, the gas-electric hybrid car has become a viable alternative for those on a budget. According to the Electric Drive Transportation Association, more than 189,000 people bought hybrid cars in 2005, up from 83,000 in 2004.

Buick Enclave Debut
This luxury crossover SUV with high-tech features, which debuted at the auto show in Detroit, should be in production during 2007.
Editors of MSN Autos

Preview: 2007 Toyota Camry
With sleeker styling, a more powerful engine and a new hybrid version, America's best-selling car sets a new benchmark.
Ann Job

VAT sparks buying frenzy for cars, condos (Asia News Network)
A discount equivalent to 2 per cent of today's retail prices of big ticket items was enough to fuel a buying frenzy of sorts among the well-to-do.

Mitsubishi Electric Announces Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter

Mitsubishi Electric Announces Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2006 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TOKYO----Feb. 2, 2006--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today its financial results for the third quarter, ending December 31, 2005, of the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2006 .

Is ethanol the answer? (USA Today)
The pitch to run our cars and trucks on alcohol fuel sounds irresistible: It would eliminate most U.S. gasoline consumption; avoid the costs, delays and environmental impacts of new oil refineries; and keep control of our fuel in America and out of often-hostile foreign hands.

VAT sparks buying frenzy for cars, condos (Asia News Network)
A discount equivalent to 2 per cent of today's retail prices of big ticket items was enough to fuel a buying frenzy of sorts among the well-to-do.

GENEVA PREVIEW: Mitsubishi concept with in-wheel motors to make world

GENEVA PREVIEW: Mitsubishi concept with in-wheel motors to make world debut (just-auto)
Mitsubishi Motors Europe will show two concept cars at Geneva this month the Concept-EZ MIEV and Concept-X.

Lincoln's New Luxury CUV
Lincoln unveils a feature-rich crossover-utility vehicle with advanced safety features.
Editors of MSN Autos

Preview: 2007 Toyota Camry
With sleeker styling, a more powerful engine and a new hybrid version, America's best-selling car sets a new benchmark.
Ann Job

Volvo to Offer New Small CarThe Swedish automaker unveils a

Volvo to Offer New Small Car
The Swedish automaker unveils a small car intended for young professionals in urban areas.
Editors of MSN Autos

Buick Enclave Debut
This luxury crossover SUV with high-tech features, which debuted at the auto show in Detroit, should be in production during 2007.
Editors of MSN Autos

CARkeys - Mitsubishi Concepts At Geneva (CARkeys)
Mitsubishi will be revealing two concept cars at next month's Geneva Show - the Concept-EZ MIEV and the Concept-X. The Concept-EZ MIEV - Mitsubishi In-wheel motor Electric Vehicle - uses ultra-compact electric motors that sit in the wheel hub.

Vote for Your Favorite!
Vote now for the best concept car of the NAIAS 2006 in Detroit.
Editors of MSN Autos

Key Points, Proposals in Bush's Address (AP via Yahoo! News)
Key points and initiatives in Bush's State of the Union address:

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'
The luxury carmaker claims to have the world?s best car in an all-new flagship.
Editors of MSN Autos

Bush calls for end to oil 'addiction' (CNN.com)
President Bush called for the United States to break its "addiction" to Middle Eastern oil in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.

Preview: 2007 Toyota Camry
With sleeker styling, a more powerful engine and a new hybrid version, America's best-selling car sets a new benchmark.
Ann Job

Rep. tells of vision for jobs (Tribune Chronicle) ROOTSTOWN -

Rep. tells of vision for jobs (Tribune Chronicle)
ROOTSTOWN - Autoworkers wearing white laboratory coats on the job and building cars more with high-tech machinery than muscle?

Mitsubishi to Show New MIEV Concept in Geneva (Jalopnik)
Mitsubishi is uncovering the next electric-powered concept car in its MIEV (Mitsubishi In-wheel Electric Vehicle) series -- the Concept-EZ MIEV -- at the Geneva motor show next month. A pod-like...

Carmakers display a cleaner side of diesel (India Daily)
When General Motors abandoned diesel engined cars in the US two decades ago, it left a cloud of black smoke over the prospects for the fuel efficient cars.

Sun City future: Puttin' along (The Charlotte Observer)
Once Sun City gets up and running, visitors may be surprised to see as many golf carts on the streets as cars.

FRANCE: PSA Peugeot-Citroen show diesel hybrid prototypes (just-auto)
PSA Peugeot Citro n on Tuesday unveiled two prototype models with a new diesel-electric hybrid powertrain, the Peugeot 307 and the Citro n C4 Hybride HDi.

Preview: 2007 Toyota Camry
With sleeker styling, a more powerful engine and a new hybrid version, America's best-selling car sets a new benchmark.
Ann Job

Cover Story/ Dashing diplomat: (Asahi.com) A series of new books

Cover Story/ Dashing diplomat: (Asahi.com)
A series of new books celebrate Jiro Shirasu's flashy cars, foreign education and fierce defense of Japanese self-determination. He has been called the coolest guy in postwar Japan.

SpeedTV.com Book Review: BILLY F. GIBBONS: Rock + Roll Gearhead (Speed TV)
It s all here from AA to ZZ. The book, BILLY F. GIBBONS: Rock + Roll Gearhead is divided into three tracks -- The Life -- The Cars -- The Guitars.

Tillamook Wind Gusts Hit 90 mph, Lights Go Out (KATU)
PORTLAND, Ore. - Weekend storms knocked out power to as many as 13,000 customers in the Willamette Valley. Portland General Electric said Monday morning that power had been restored to most of them.

Volvo to Offer New Small CarThe Swedish automaker unveils a

Volvo to Offer New Small Car
The Swedish automaker unveils a small car intended for young professionals in urban areas.
Editors of MSN Autos

Energetic dance and song fill stage of '42nd Street' (Duluth News Tribune)
Vegas shows are a swinging bare bulb compared to the electric glitz, glamour and talented gams of "42nd Street."

Highlights From the 2006 NAIAS
MSN Autos highlights the eight things you should know about this year's show in Detroit.
Ann Job

Refinement And Rarity Values To Drive New Jaguar XK Sales (carpages)
Refinement and rarity will drive the success of the new Jaguar XK coupe and convertible sports cars, according to Jaguar s managing director Bibiana Boerio.

Coalition is plugging rechargeable cars (Deseret Morning News)
WASHINGTON Plugging a car into a garage wall is the wave of the future, according to a new coalition that hopes to persuade auto companies to build newer and better hybrids.

'Wristcutters' offers amusing look at suicide (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
You don't get too many romantic comedies set in the afterlife, so in this way "Wristcutters: A Love Story" is somewhat original and amusing. But only somewhat. The gimmick of characters, all suicide victims, navigating a world remarkably similar to the one they fled -- "only worse" -- allows for a few good gags. But that carries you only so far.

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'
The luxury carmaker claims to have the world?s best car in an all-new flagship.
Editors of MSN Autos

Dream Cars 2006: The Year's Wildest Rides (Fox News)
Whether they boast German engineering or Italian elegance, the "it" cars of 2006 have two things in common: they burn pavement and a big hole in your wallet.

Mitsubishi to Show New MIEV Concept in Geneva (Jalopnik)
Mitsubishi is uncovering the next electric-powered concept car in its MIEV (Mitsubishi In-wheel Electric Vehicle) series -- the Concept-EZ MIEV -- at the Geneva motor show next month. A pod-like...

'Wristcutters' offers amusing look at suicide (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

'Wristcutters' offers amusing look at suicide (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
You don't get too many romantic comedies set in the afterlife, so in this way "Wristcutters: A Love Story" is somewhat original and amusing. But only somewhat. The gimmick of characters, all suicide victims, navigating a world remarkably similar to the one they fled -- "only worse" -- allows for a few good gags. But that carries you only so far.

Vroom with a view (Louisville Courier-Journal) "There are a lot

Vroom with a view (Louisville Courier-Journal)
"There are a lot of great cars out here," Amos Clark said yesterday during the first day of the Louisville Auto Show at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center. Automakers "are doing a good job with designs."

Cool cars make their debuts at Detroit's big auto show (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
Every year, we're wowed by what we see at the North American International Auto Show. And this year was no different. What's fun about the show is the chance to see all the cool cars and concepts in one place. It's a great place to see what you might be driving down the road someday.

2006 Toyota Solara Coupe Review (The Auto Channel)
I wish the Camry Solara Coupe was around when first I began to buy cars. I was born and educated in Scotland s capital, Edinburgh, famous for many things like its grand castle, a loyal Cairn terrier called Grayfriar s Bobby, and Sean Connery.

PG&E proposes new emission reduction program (The Eureka Reporter) Pacific

PG&E proposes new emission reduction program (The Eureka Reporter)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company submitted a proposal to the California Public Utilities Commission for a new and innovative environmental program that will allow interested customers to contribute toward a cleaner California.

Highlights From the 2006 NAIAS
MSN Autos highlights the eight things you should know about this year's show in Detroit.
Ann Job

Cities encourage development of plug-in cars (MobileMag)
We ve heard about electric cars that have to be plugged in for quite awhile now, but we have seen nothing other than the odd granola eating science geek trying one out. A coalition of U.S. cities wants to see that change.

Volvo to Offer New Small Car
The Swedish automaker unveils a small car intended for young professionals in urban areas.
Editors of MSN Autos