Collectible Cars: Barrett-Jackson auction racks up huge sale prices (Seattle

Collectible Cars: Barrett-Jackson auction racks up huge sale prices (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Aided by Pacific Northwest collectors and sellers, Scottsdale's Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction and its retinue of satellite events continues to set gaudy records in the collector-car industry.

MIT devises improved hybrid car battery (EETimes)
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a lithium nickel manganese oxide battery that could become an alternative to nickel metal hydride batteries used today to power hybrid cars.