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July 17th News Topics

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Nissan plans to shake up subcompact market with Versa

John Goreham    July 17, 2012 - 10:38AM

Will share platfiorm with Note and hopes are it will be top seller
Based on this press release:http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/releases/nissan-signals-future-of-versa-best-selling-sub-compact-in-u-s

Governors of Colorado, Oklahoma urge automakers to go CNG

Don Bain    July 17, 2012 - 12:24PM

Requesting passenger cars as well as truck that use the plentiful fracking fuel.

Car makers play it safe

Nicolas Zart    July 17, 2012 - 12:47PM

by betting on hybrids until pure EVs catch on

Ford's new robot with an attitude

Don Bain    July 17, 2012 - 1:54PM

RUTH stands for Roboticized Unit for Tactility and Haptics.

Used to know a haptic - had some funny ideas about religion he did.

Ruth

Aaron Turpen    July 17, 2012 - 3:50PM

In reply to by Don Bain

Is also Hebrew for "companion". Ruth is also the Bible's only mountain biker, being from the land of Moab, and friends with Oprah, who no one will be surprised to learn was alive in Biblical times.

Was gonna name our dog Ruth until we got him and realized that he'd been misidentified as a girl. So we named him LeRoy Brown instead.

Well if you want

Don Bain    July 17, 2012 - 10:13PM

In reply to by Aaron Turpen

Somewhere in my email I have the Hebrew for 666, which is the image that passage was referring to not the numbers as we know them.

It does have a similarity so some corporate logo I've seen recently... %-D

GM opens up OnStar API to car sharing partner RelayRides

Aaron Turpen    July 17, 2012 - 3:55PM

General Motors has opened up its OnStar service to peer-to-peer car sharing service RelayRides, allowing people to share their cars through the P2P renter's experience with OnStar as the control system.

official info on the 2013 camaro 1le

Patrick Rall    July 17, 2012 - 4:41PM

including new images, pricing rumors.

2013 Ford Fusion first implementation of Power of Choice

David Herron    July 17, 2012 - 7:46PM

Had a meeting/briefing with a Ford rep about the Fusion ...

Love the truck, shuck the gas bill

Don Bain    July 17, 2012 - 10:16PM

Jay Leno looks at Bob Lutz' Via Vtruck, plug-in hybrid with full time electric drive and power outlets for on the job. workhorse and powersource in one. Just damn pricey...

Love the truck, shuck the gas bill

Don Bain    July 18, 2012 - 12:24AM

Jay Leno looks at Bob Lutz' Via Vtruck, plug-in hybrid with full time electric drive and power outlets for on the job. workhorse and powersource in one. Just damn pricey...

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