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Should the government stay involved in the auto industry?

10:51 AM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

In a lead opinion piece this week, Automotive News argues that "there ought to be a continuing role for the automotive task force, which engineered......

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 Tags  Automotive Task Force   Commentary   Domestic auto industry  

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Backseat Driver: Debate over texting while driving heats up

3:28 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Here we go! I noted last week, once The New York Times gets stuck into an issue, it's not long before mountains start to move.......

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 Tags  Commentary   Safety   Senate   Texting while driving   The New York Times  

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Senators Seek Ban on Texting While Driving

2:37 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Here we go! As I noted last week, once The New York Times gets stuck into an issue, its not long before mountains start to......

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NYT scolds Detroit over retro muscle cars

2:33 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Here is the lead editorial in today's New York Times in its entirety: Mind over Muscle America's automakers have long claimed that it will take......

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 Tags  fuel efficiency   Muscle cars   New York Times  

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A Cliffhanger to See if a G.M. Turnaround Succeeds

gm.jpg 3:48 PM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

SATURDAY, May 30, offered the kind of warm, sunny afternoon that rain-soaked New Yorkers had longed for all spring. In the theater district, crowds......

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Texting Raises Crash Risk 23 Times, Study Finds

3:48 PM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

The first study of drivers texting inside their vehicles shows that the risk sharply exceeds previous estimates based on laboratory research -- and far surpasses......

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 Tags  Safety   Texting while driving  

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Europe's CO2 war has room for electrics, hybrid cars

11:48 AM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

PARIS - European carmakers are likely to rely on a mix of clean car technologies to achieve big emission cuts even as they gear up......

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 Tags  Electric vehicles   European auto makers   Nissan   Plug-in hybrids  

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Nissan says working on hybrid system for smaller cars

11:48 AM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Nissan is developing a hybrid system that can be used to power smaller cars as an interim solution to improving mileage before......

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 Tags  Electric cars   Hybrids   Nissan   Zero emissions  

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