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- GM's Robonaut 2 Robot Headed To Space
- 2012 Ford Focus Gets Sport, Titanium Handling Package Upgrades
- TCC Tip: How To Drive Safely At Night
- EPA Proposes 10-to-20-Percent Gas Mileage Rise for Big Trucks
- Beyond Posh: Land Rover Taps More Celebs To Tout The New Evoque
- BMW Borrows A Page From Zipcar's Playbook
- Today at High Gear Media: Leaf, Volt, M3 and Vintage Carrera
- Sport Packages Amp Up 2012 Ford Focus
- 2011 Ram Laramie is the Truck of Texas--With Benefits?
- 2011 Honda Element in a Death Spiral?
- Family Car Guide: Five Hot Hatchbacks You Can Afford
- How to Avoid Being a Road Rage Victim
| GM's Robonaut 2 Robot Headed To Space Posted: 25 Oct 2010 01:12 PM PDT  General Motors is still building rockets, and it's also in the business of building androids. Real, space-going humanoid robots. That's right, the NASA-GM built Robonaut 2 is finally going up to the International Space Station aboard the space shuttle Discovery November 1. So why, exactly, did GM build a space-going android when it's ostensibly in...
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| 2012 Ford Focus Gets Sport, Titanium Handling Package Upgrades Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:48 AM PDT  Ford's new Fiesta may be getting most of the media blast, but the 2012 Focus isn't being forgotten about by the home office. Ford announced today two new packages for the Focus to sharpen its look and make the car more responsive and agile-feeling on the road. The upgrades come in the form of the Sport Package for Focus SE models and the Focus...
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| TCC Tip: How To Drive Safely At Night Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:30 AM PDT  Some of us spend too much time there as it is, but with daylight-savings time drawing to an end on November 7, we're all going to be in the dark, earlier and more often. Is that dangerous? A new survey says that's a daunting prospect to many drivers--and finds that some skip driving entirely at night out of fear. The light-bulb experts at...
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| EPA Proposes 10-to-20-Percent Gas Mileage Rise for Big Trucks Posted: 25 Oct 2010 10:55 AM PDT  Well, now we know the numbers. And there are a lot of them. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation jointly proposed cutting greenhouse-gas emissions from medium and heavy duty trucks by 10 to 20 percent, starting in 2014 and extending through 2018. (The actual numbers vary greatly depending on the class of truck...
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| Beyond Posh: Land Rover Taps More Celebs To Tout The New Evoque Posted: 25 Oct 2010 08:40 AM PDT  Over the next 12 months, Land Rover will launch an all-out offensive to get its new Range Rover Evoque front and center of the cool kids. Borrowing some marketing techniques from Land Rover's former parent company, Ford, as well as General Motors, the Evoque is being handed over to 30+ "global influencers" in the hopes that their trendsetting ways...
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| BMW Borrows A Page From Zipcar's Playbook Posted: 25 Oct 2010 08:31 AM PDT  By now, many Americans are familiar with Zipcar and similar car-sharing services. Unlike their close cousins -- car rental outfits like Hertz and Avis, which thrive on tourists and other travelers -- car-sharing companies target local consumers, typically urbanites who live in cities with strong public transportation systems. Car-sharing services...
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| Today at High Gear Media: Leaf, Volt, M3 and Vintage Carrera Posted: 25 Oct 2010 07:32 AM PDT  We've driven the 2011 Nissan Leaf so many times, we thought we'd give you a rating and a full review--but don't think you're stepping ahead of us in line. [TheCarConnection] Our crack car-review team's done the same with the 2011 Chevrolet Volt--and we've managed to avoid the plug-in-hybrid conflamma almost entirely. [TheCarConnection] That new...
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| Sport Packages Amp Up 2012 Ford Focus Posted: 25 Oct 2010 07:16 AM PDT  The 2012 Ford Focus might be one of the most eagerly awaited new small cars in a long while--particularly the 240-hp Focus ST--and Ford is upping the handling anticipation with the announcement of handling packages for the top two Focus trim lines. The automaker says both the Focus SE and the Titanium models will be offered with a sport package...
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| 2011 Ram Laramie is the Truck of Texas--With Benefits? Posted: 25 Oct 2010 07:04 AM PDT  The 2011 Ram Laramie Longhorn has been named the Truck of Texas. The Ram--you knew it last year as the Dodge Ram--earned the title by winning the most votes from the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA), which picks the truck it likes best after a two-day truck rodeo. Some 40 journalists evaluate the candidates on- and off-road, and rank vehicles...
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| 2011 Honda Element in a Death Spiral? Posted: 25 Oct 2010 05:56 AM PDT  The 2011 Honda Element returns with fewer options and fewer model lines for the new model year, with no sign of a replacement in sight. The funky, flexible crossover comes back in LX and EX trim--missing the more sporty SC edition introduced with much fanfare a few years ago. The remaining versions still feature the clamshell-style side doors, a...
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| Family Car Guide: Five Hot Hatchbacks You Can Afford Posted: 25 Oct 2010 05:26 AM PDT  Consumers love a good deal, especially when it comes to affordable transportation. Sometimes we get lucky and automakers fall all over each other to provide a plethora of stylish and well-performing hatchbacks we’d love to buy – if they were affordable. The good news is: they are. We’ve got five hot hatchbacks you can afford...
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| How to Avoid Being a Road Rage Victim Posted: 25 Oct 2010 05:18 AM PDT  A suspected road rage incident in Houston--one that proved fatal--points out the unknown danger that prevails on the highway. In this case, the police are looking for a dark-colored pickup truck. The occupants allegedly shot the owner of a car repair and sales business, according to The Houston Chronicle. Before his own truck struck a SUV and...
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