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For automakers to win over lawmakers in their bid for aid, they will have to prove that they are serious about shrinking their vast lineups of different models.

For automakers to win over lawmakers in their bid for aid, they will have to prove that they are serious about shrinking their vast lineups of different models.

The end of sunshine? According to Yonhap (here and here), Friday, November 28, was the last day of the Kaesong day tours (210 tourists made the trip) and the last day the “train to nowhere” made its inter-Korean trip.

There was a Hummer trying to do the eco-friendly dance in San Francisco last week. The best the H2 could do was say it runs off of E85 Ethanol. Does that count? The price - $63K. My advice to Hummer. Give it up.

The Maybach 57 is an ultra-luxury high-performance sedan.The Maybach 57 is a four-door sedan with rear-wheel drive. It comes in two trims: base and S. The base model is equipped with a 5.5-liter V12 engine capable of 550 horsepower and 664 lb.-ft. of torque.

INGOLSTADT, Germany – December 1, 2008: Most manufacturers’ cars have grown heavier as the years have gone by. This isn’t true of Audi. Quite the opposite: more than ten years ago the Audi A8 and the Audi A2, with their aluminum bodies, put a stop to this never-ending spiral of increased weight.

Unless you have been living on Pluto for the past five years, you will know that hybrid cars are the biggest innovation in mainstream automotive development in the United States since the Model T Ford. A “hybrid” is a vehicle that has both an internal combustion engine and one or more electric motors that operate (in unison and/or independently) to propel the vehicle.

Gas Tax Hikes Gaining Traction Across the Globe By Kate Galbraith Cash-strapped governments are looking to make this more expensive with new taxes. (Photo: Associated Press)

We’ve gone more than a month without a “Green Hops” update…what a crime!  We atone for that oversight here… Climate Change and International Cooperation A “high level” summit in Beijing on international technology transfer and climate change held on November 7 and 8 provided a preview of the

According to the police, a 47-year-old man on a scooter in Apeldoorn, Gelderland was fined last Friday for driving on the A50 motorway. The man listened and blindly obeyed the advice of his navigation system (I’d love to know which one, as I can’t automatically assume it’s from that Dutch brand, but it’s a distinct possibility).