Students, teachers return home after 50 years (South Idaho Press)

Students, teachers return home after 50 years (South Idaho Press)
MALTA - Members of Raft River High School's class of 1955 traveled Malta's Main Street Saturday the way they might have done fifty years ago. The class' entry in the school's Homecoming parade, as passengers in vintage 1955 automobiles, won the class first place in the miscellaneous category.

Cars took a terrible beating (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
JACKSON - Most of the damage-assessment focus after Katrina has been, understandably, on South Mississippi homes and businesses, but insurance officials reminded lawmakers this week that tens of thousands of automobiles were destroyed or damaged, and dealing with them could be a problem.

Fuel cells get chemical boost (Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society)
Heat has always been a problem for fuel cells. There's usually either too much, as with ceramic fuel cells, for certain portable uses, such as automobiles or electronics, or too little as with polymer fuel cells, to be efficient.

Toyota invests $1 million at SRS (The State)
AIKEN In a boost to South Carolina s growing automotive industrial cluster, Toyota Motor Corp. has partnered with Savannah River National Laboratory to develop a lighter-weight and cost-effective hydrogen fuel storage system for future hydrogen-powered automobiles.Todd Wright, Savannah River National Laboratory s director, said the Toyota investment of about $1 million is a valuable endorsement

Toyota commits to 'future' of all (Alan Katz and Kae Inoue / BLOOMBERG NEWS) (The Washington Times)
Toyota Motor Corp., the world's second-largest automaker, said all its vehicles eventually will be run by hybrid gasoline-electric motors, as record fuel prices curb demand for conventional automobiles. "In the future, the cars you see from Toyota will b

Toyota invests $1 million at SRS (The State)
AIKEN In a boost to South Carolina s growing automotive industrial cluster, Toyota Motor Corp. has partnered with Savannah River National Laboratory to develop a lighter-weight and cost-effective hydrogen fuel storage system for future hydrogen-powered automobiles.

U.S. Economy: Non-Auto Sales, Manufacturing Rise (Update3) Listen (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumers kept spending on goods other than automobiles, and factories kept humming last month, evidence the economy was able to withstand record fuel costs prior to Hurricane Katrina.