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November 2010 Archives


GM's Volt taking market by storm

5:39 PM Tue, Nov 30, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Following on rave reviews for its new plug-in electric gas hybrid Volt (Motor Trend's Car of the Year), General Motors is studying how it could......

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Racemaker Press releases book

12:42 PM Tue, Nov 23, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Racemaker Press of Boston has released "The Winners Book: A Comprehensive Listing of Motor Racing Events 1895-2009," by James O'Keefe. Presenting over 22,000 auto races......

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Saudi prince buys into GM

10:51 AM Tue, Nov 23, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

General Motors' prospects outside the U.S. are attracting the attention of Wall Street and beyond following its return to trading last week. The Associated Press......

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Ford to give away charging stations

5:08 PM Mon, Nov 22, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

As part of a move to create an infrastructure of charging stations, Ford and Coulomb Technologies will be giving away 4,600 charging stations with the......

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Go Go GM

3:25 PM Thu, Nov 18, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Suddenly General Motors is on a roll. Its new vehicles, from the Cruze to the Volt (Motor Trend car of the year) are getting rave......

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GM hikes stock offering to $12 billion as demand rises

9:32 AM Tue, Nov 16, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

General Motors plans to raise as much as $12 billion in its initial public offering after increasing the asking price by 14 percent, according to......

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Backseat Driver: DUI in Sweden? Fuhgeddaboudit!

6:04 PM Tue, Nov 09, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

In recent weeks, I have written three blogs on drunk driving that were initiated by a chance conversation with my son's elementary school teacher. Specifically,......

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Strong October sales for automakers

2:07 PM Tue, Nov 09, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

October was the best month for new-vehicle sales in more than two years, outside of the brief period in 2009 helped by government rebates, according......

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Backseat Driver: Minimum drinking age forged by MADD

11:46 AM Thu, Nov 04, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

I recently wrote a couple of blogs about the minimum drinking age in the U.S. - 21 - being out of line with most of......

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Plum Beach Lighthouse plates pass 3,000

10:22 AM Thu, Nov 04, 2010 | | Comments (5)
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

David Zapatka, president of the Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, writes to say the organization recently passed the 3,000-plate application plateau. "The lighthouse repainting project......

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