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July 2008 Archives
10:52 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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You may have heard about the the 6,831 lithium ion batteries that power the all-electric Tesla Roadster. But what about the user interface from the......
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10:36 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK - General Motors is in talks with Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra to sell its iconic Hummer brand, sources familiar with the matter......
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10:31 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, reported on Thursday that second-quarter income rose 14 percent, to $11.68 billion, the highest-ever for an......
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2:29 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Leasing a new vehicle could get more expensive -- if you can get a lease at all. Automakers' financial arms are cutting back leasing programs.......
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2:29 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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DETROIT, July 29 - Fitch Ratings downgraded Chrysler LLC's debt further into the junk category and warned that the struggling U.S. automaker could face difficulties......
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2:23 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices are surging, jumping more than $4 a barrel after the government reported that U.S. gasoline supplies fell unexpectedly last week,......
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2:19 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- A General Motors official says the automaker plans to cut 15 percent of its U.S. and Canadian salaried work force - or around......
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11:19 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Lewis Hamilton Check out this long and very interesting profile of Brit Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton by The New York Times fashion critic......
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11:12 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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The $120,000 MV Agusta F4CC WHAT makes a motorcycle -- not some rare collectible, but a new, limited-production model -- worth $120,000, asks Norman......
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11:04 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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IRVING, Texas -- The iPod generation is taking some of the thump-thump out of car audio sales, according to USA Today. While younger owners add......
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11:01 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- General Motors said Monday it will cut shifts at plants in Ohio and Louisiana, eliminating 1,760 jobs, as part of the automaker's......
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10:47 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Oil company employees are suspected of selling their skills to oil bunkerers Under cover of night dozens of barges queue up to dock at a......
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11:14 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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This is last Friday's news, but still interesing: DETROIT - Chrysler LLC said its financing arm would stop offering vehicle leases to U.S. consumers, a......
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10:29 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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SONOMA, Calif. - Bob Tasca III's run to 1,000 feet during the first round of eliminations on Sunday at Infineon Raceway, was his best of......
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9:56 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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TOKYO -- Toyota lowered its global vehicle sales plan for this year to 9.5 million vehicles - down from 9.85 million - as the sluggish......
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1:49 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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As if to underline the extent to which the U.S. auto industry has dug its own grave with its recent focus on profitable light trucks......
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1:49 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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As if to underline the extent to which the U.S. auto industry has dug its own grave with its recent focus on profitable light trucks......
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1:16 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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There is something sad about the juxtaposition of Ford's current travails - it just reported a loss of $8.7 billion in the second quarter -......
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4:11 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Mini Cooper The U.S. car market may be moving toward Mini's kind of small, fashionable and fuel-efficient vehicles, and the British brand will be......
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4:01 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices shed nearly $4 Wednesday, tumbling below $125 a barrel for the first time since early June on growing fears that......
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4:01 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- General Motors, pummeled by falling U.S. sales and high gas prices, lost the global sales lead to Toyota in the first half of......
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4:01 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- General Motors, pummeled by falling U.S. sales and high gas prices, lost the global sales lead to Toyota in the first half of......
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10:04 AM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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DEARBORN, Mich. -- The Ford Motor Company, which devoted itself for nearly 20 years to putting millions of Americans into big pickup trucks and sport-utility......
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9:27 AM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- General Motors has joined with more than 30 utility companies across the U.S. to help work out electricity issues that will......
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10:34 AM Mon, Jul 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States carry commercial driver's licenses despite also qualifying for full federal disability......
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10:26 AM Mon, Jul 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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KENT, Wash. - Bob Tasca III's time in Sunday's first round at Pacific Raceways, was one of the best of the session. Unfortunately, Mike Neff......
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3:30 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Prices at the pump pulled back from record highs Friday as another slide in oil capped crude's biggest one-week drop in more......
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12:16 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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Jim Hagan of the soon-to-be Bald Hill Chrysler-Dodge-Kia dealership on Route 2 in Warwick is bullish on Chrysler, and hopefully he is right. But for......
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12:16 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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Americans are looking to smaller cars for savings on spiraling gas prices and for lower emissions, but will car insurance savings follow, too? There are......
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4:06 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell below $130 a barrel for the first time in more than a month Thursday, as a dramatic slide entered......
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12:22 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Bald Hill Dodge Chrysler Subaru is ending its 30-year run with Subaru and replacing it with a Kia franchise. "We've been working on it for......
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12:22 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Troubled General Motors has notified two racetracks that run NASCAR events that their current contracts will not be renewed as part of an overall $10......
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12:02 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Jay Leno with a 1925 Ford Model T Roadster from his extensive collection of vehicles. BURBANK, Calif. -- Contrary to common knowledge, Jay Leno......
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2:48 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Do you think oil prices have gotten out of line? Let me tell you, the 50 percent increase in the price that we have seen......
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2:48 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Do you think oil prices have gotten out of line? Let me tell you, the 50 percent increase in the price that we have seen......
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2:48 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices plunged Tuesday as worries about the nation's economic health shot to the fore and OPEC warned that high pump prices......
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1:33 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Check out Kate Imbrie's blog on the recent Micro Mini Car Day at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, Mass. It's part of a......
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9:47 AM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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General Motors will cut salaried jobs, executive salaries, salaried retiree health care and 150,000 additional units of truck production, the company announced this morning in......
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9:56 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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MORRISON, Colo. - It just wasn't Bob Tasca III's weekend at Bandimere Speedway in Colorado. After the rookie driver bounced back to earn a top-half......
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9:51 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Study: As gas prices go up, auto deaths drop WASHINGTON -- High gas prices could turn out to be a lifesaver for some drivers. The......
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11:47 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Autofiends.com has posted photos of a Volvo XC60 crossover that is apparently a diesel on a test drive in the Los Angeles area. The Swedish......
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10:32 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Who was it predicting oil prices at $150 a barrel by July 4th? We may have missed that deadline, but no matter. With oil touching......
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3:53 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices rebounded by more than $5 a barrel Thursday, as another missile launch by Iran stoked worries that escalating political tensions......
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9:38 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Take good news where you can get it. There have been pretty slim pickings for GM to crow about in recent months in the home......
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9:24 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Check out this fascinating take on what ails General Motors - and Chrysler and Ford - from the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times:......
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9:19 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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SWEETWATER, Texas -- Get ready, America, T. Boone Pickens is coming to your living room, accoring to USA Today. The legendary Texas oilman, corporate raider,......
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9:13 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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DETROIT -- Toyota Motor Corp. is planning significant changes to its U.S. manufacturing plants because of the rapid market shift away from trucks and sport......
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9:08 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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MORRISON, Colo. - Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane/Custom Accessories Shelby Mustang team's season kicks into high gear this weekend as they head to......
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1:22 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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A worker prepared a Citroen C-Cactus prototype car at the 62nd International Motor Show last year in Frankfurt, Germany. PARIS -- As governments seek......
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11:39 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Long commutes and a passion for the auto have long combined to make the California car a second home. But that way of life......
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11:24 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Finest Car Wash on Pleasant Valley Parkway in Providence now carries the Irving sign. The business has a seven-year contract with the Canadian......
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11:20 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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A new fuel tracker that monitors the prices of gasoline, diesel fuel and home heating oil based on data compiled by the Rhode Island Office......
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11:08 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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This year, as gas prices surged, Richard Bell mounted a sign in the station he owns: "Attention gas cash customers: FREE 16 oz. fountain drink......
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11:01 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING -- General Motors and Ford reported first-half sales grew strongly in China's booming auto market Tuesday, a rare bright spot for global automakers, according......
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10:56 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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VIENNA, Austria -- The price for a barrel of oil fell nearly $5 Tuesday, a two-day swing of more than $8 as traders took profits......
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