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Automakers Drive Towards Hydrogen Cars
2013-02-08 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Toyota and BMW have formed an alliance to work on fuel cell cars. So have Daimler, Ford, and Nissan, with hopes of having cars on the road by 2017. But why now, and what obstacles still stand in the way? Jennifer Kurtz discusses the current state of hydrogen fuel technology.
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Google: Self-driving cars in 3-5 years. Feds: Not so fast
2013-02-08 15:25:19| Extremetech
The technology will be ready this decade. The government still needs to devise tests. Costs have to come down. Still, Google set the most optimistic timeframe yet.
India named least green country for electric cars
2013-02-07 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Paraguay is the greenest place on earth to make and drive an electric car, according to analysis by independent research group, Shrink That Footprint, which has assessed the impact of grid-powered electric vehicles (EV) in twenty of the world's leading countries. In India and China, where power generation is heavily coal-based, electric cars result in emissions similar to traditional petrol vehicles. In India, a fully electric car generates emissions comparable to a 20 MPG (US gallon) petrol vehicle...
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VIDEO: Paris hosts vintage cars auction
2013-02-07 09:03:38| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A collection of vintage cars and motorbikes including a 1960's Aston Martin and a Grand Prix Bugatti is up for auction at the Grand Palais in Paris.
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Five top gas-saving (non-electric) cars
2013-02-05 21:08:20| CNET News.com
You can get excellent mileage for a hybrid or an electric, but automakers are still wringing good fuel economy from conventional engines. Here are five of the top gas-sippers. [Read more]
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