With the amazing convergence in recent years of technology and transportation, I thought I’d take you on a technological journey of sorts this week by blogging from behind the wheel of an exotic supercar, or perhaps from behind the controls of an advanced fixed-wing jet fighter.
Of course, the idea proved not very popular with my [...]

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It would seem at first glance that cars and politics don’t mix, but 2009 has proven that, in fact, they often do.

On Friday, September 11, President Obama announced that a 35% tariff would be applied to Chinese tire imports, potentially raising tire prices for U.S. consumers by 20 to 30 percent.
The fallout from this rather [...]

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That’s all she wrote for the epically successful Cash for Clunkers program. It’s spurred Americans to go out and buy new cars to such a degree that it’s become a victim of its own accomplishments as Monday marks the end of it for good. As of yesterday, dealers have recorded $1.9 billion in C4C rebates.
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Dealix held an informative webinar with experts from both Edmunds and Stoneham Ford on the Cash for Clunkers program on June 26. The three panelists included Jessica Caldwell, the manager of pricing and industry analysis from Edmunds, John Giamalvo, the director of strategic marketing, also with Edmunds and Mike Warwick, the internet director with Stoneham [...]

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Manufacturers like Honda have put a sizeable amount of faith in notion hydrogen will be the fuel of the future. Abundant, powerful and clean, Hydrogen suffers a few drawbacks that hold it back from becoming a mainstream fuel source right now. Chief among those is how to safely store it onboard a vehicle. While manufacturers [...]

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