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- Cadillac XTS To Get High-HP, High-MPG EcoBoost V-6 Rival
- Digital Billboards: High-Tech Tools Or Driving Distractions?
- Hey, Toyota, It Could Be Worse: You Could Have Flaming Tatas
- Video: 2011 Honda CR-Z Selling Strong, Could Redeem Honda's Hybrid Hopes
- GM Previews EN-V Mobility Concepts Ahead Of 2010 Shanghai World Expo
| Cadillac XTS To Get High-HP, High-MPG EcoBoost V-6 Rival Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:23 PM PDT  General Motors is working on a turbocharged V-6 that could see application in a wide range of vehicles, perhaps in place of a V-8 in the vein of Ford's EcoBoost V-6. The new 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-6 would be heavily based on the 3.0-liter and 3.6-liter naturally aspirated, direct-injection engines that are now quite ubiquitous in GM's U.S...
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| Digital Billboards: High-Tech Tools Or Driving Distractions? Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:26 AM PDT  Digital billboards are commonplace in many parts of America. Though expensive to install -- around $200,000 to $300,000 a pop -- they're a solid investment for media companies and advertisers alike, and they offer benefits for the community, too. But a number of citizen groups see digital billboards as driving distractions, and they've worked hard...
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| Hey, Toyota, It Could Be Worse: You Could Have Flaming Tatas Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:10 AM PDT  Toyota's troubles with so-called sudden acceleration are so well publicized, we're not going to run them down here. But we'd remind the world's largest carmaker that it might be far worse. As well as sticky accelerator pedals and ill-fitting floor mats, they could also be facing cars that spontaneously combust. Flaming Tatas? That's what seems to...
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| Video: 2011 Honda CR-Z Selling Strong, Could Redeem Honda's Hybrid Hopes Posted: 24 Mar 2010 08:38 AM PDT  One year ago, Honda was ramping up for the roll-out of its 2010 Honda Insight hybrid. The company made big predictions about the Insight, boasting that it would outsell the 2010 Toyota Prius in showrooms around the globe. Sadly for Honda, those dreams didn't come true -- not by a longshot -- but if sales in Japan are any indication, the 2011 Honda...
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| GM Previews EN-V Mobility Concepts Ahead Of 2010 Shanghai World Expo Posted: 24 Mar 2010 01:49 AM PDT  Futurists predict that by 2030 more than 60 percent of the world’s population, which by that time should number around eight billion people, will be concentrated into urban areas. Streets will be more congested than ever and pressure on a public infrastructure--already struggling to meet the growing demand for transportation and basic...
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