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By
Marty Padgett, Editorial Director
What’s the deal with lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles? Are they really coming as soon as Chevy’s Volt would seem to indicate — or are they still too pie-in-the-sky to gamble on? GM is racing...
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High Gear Media Staff,
Despite deep cuts in production numbers and plans to trim between 8500 and 10,000 blue-collar jobs through the first half of 2008, Chrysler LLC is still looking for more cost savings. The automaker is prepared to...
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High Gear Media Staff,
To help make our turkey-day journeys a little less eventful — and, perhaps, a lot less expensive — our friends at the National Motorists Association (NMA) have put together a list of the "worst speed trap...
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High Gear Media Staff,
Longtime Mustang tuners Saleen took to the runway during this week’sL.A. auto show to introduce their latest rorty rendition of the Ford pony car, the S302 Extreme. The runway in question was, of course, at...
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High Gear Media Staff,
American voters now consider the nation's dependence on foreign oil, the nation's top national security issue and favor tougher fuel economy standards by an overwhelming margin, according to a new poll released by...
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High Gear Media Staff,
How quickly things can change. Little more than a year ago, the mood was one of gloom and doom at General Motors headquarters, along theDetroit River. Sales and share were plunging, losses were mounting, and its...
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High Gear Media Staff,
If CO2 causes global warming, why are critics attacking cars alone? The man-made global warming theory touted by technologically challenged alarmists, agenda-driven politicians, and their willing accomplices in the...
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High Gear Media Staff,
The Renault/Nissan alliance, which many skeptics thought would unravel, is proving to be both durable and productive. The Japanese-French alliance has already outlasted the highly touted merger between Chrysler and...