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Automotive propane fueling makes headway in Oregon

Blue Star Gas, with the support of the Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition, announced the grand opening of a public propane autogas station in Salem OR, at 12:30 p.m. last Friday. The new autogas fueling station opened only a few months after the February premiere of the first Blue Star Gas public fueling facility in Medford OR.
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By: Don Bain

VW electronic research lab moved to Silicon Valley

Top Volkswagen and Audi executives, Silicon Valley tech innovators, political leaders and educators converged today to celebrate the opening of the VW's new electronic research laboratory (ERL) location in Belmont. The future abilities of cars to process information and provide guidance on spending less time in traffic, saving fuel and even driving safer were demonstrated.
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By: Don Bain

Chrysler posts $116 million profit in Q1 2011

This morning the Chrysler Group announced their results from the first quarter (Q1) of 2011 and for the first time in a long time, there is a reason to smile as the smallest of the Big 3 posted a profit through the first three months of $116 million.
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By: Patrick Rall

Lancia Grand Voyager caught in the Detroit area

The Chrysler Group announced ahead of the 2011 Geneva Motor Show that a handful of Chrysler brand models would be rebadged and sold in the European market under the Lancia brand and yesterday, TorqueNews caught a glimpse of the 2011 Chrysler Town & Country turned Lancia Grand Voyager on the streets of Detroit.
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By: Patrick Rall

50 mpg needed as gasoline futures nears old 3.63 high

Ask anyone and their threshold of financial pain is already on with the latest prices at the gasoline pump. In Clinton Township, Michigan, drivers are paying $4.23 for credit. So, in light of pain at the pump and a rising futures market, when will the automakers make the next jump to 50 mpg for all cars?
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By: Frank Sherosky

Most women buy cars based on lifestyle, price and fuel economy

In a digital age when consumers can educate themselves long before they enter the showroom of a car dealership, women have become savvy shoppers who are using a variety of online resources to do their car buying research.
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By: Cheryl Phillips

Big Brother watching, tracking your license plate

Most of us are familiar with the intersection-mounted cameras used to ticket those who dangerously careen through red lights or simply monitor traffic flow for computerized systems. In Charleston, local police are using intersection-mounted cameras to create a database of vehicles and license plates and fielding cruisers with scanners that read every plate passing by.
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By: Don Bain

Ford: Operation Drive One Integrates with Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Ford donated 2011 Explorer to a family in May 1 Extreme Makeover Home Edition integrating its Operation Drive One program with a popular reality show.
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By: Armen Hareyan

The future of hydrogen-fueled vehicles not burning so bright

Just a few years ago auto manufacturers, scientists, engineers and even energy authorities were all talking about the promise of hydrogen and fuel cell propelled vehicles. It was an idyllic idea to keep combustion engines and simply burn something in them that would only emit pure clean, potable water right out of the tailpipe. However the application of what seemed a promising technology may have hit a snag.
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By: Don Bain