Driverless Vans Complete Their 8,000 Mile Journey

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Driverless cars seem to be all the rage these days. In July, a pair of bright orange fans embarked upon an 8,000 mile journey from Italy to China, with the caveat that these two vans would drive themselves. Then Google came out with its own driverless Prius, which had logged tens of thousands of miles [...]

Road-Straddling Bus Might Come To The U.S.

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Like most Americans, I hate traffic. Sometimes though, there just isn’t anyway to avoid it, especially if you commute to a congested city. You would think, with the millions of miles of highway stretching across the United States, somebody would have come up with a way of utilizing highways that didn’t involve cars. It took [...]

Chinese Claim New High Speed Rail Record

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China has substantially reinvented itself in just a few decades, going from a closed-off communist bastion to hosting much of the world’s manufacturing capacity. That foreign investment, plus buying up U.S. debt, has allowed China to launch itself into the 21st century, building all sorts of projects from bullet trains to mega highways to a very impressive [...]

Is This The Toyota Prius MPV?

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Toyota has been hinting that it will expand the Prius lineup to include more than just the current sedan. A natural progression seems to be a more spacious, larger family vehicle, not quite a mini-van, and not quite a station wagon, but something in the middle. A Prius MPV, if you will. The plan was [...]

First Chevy Volt Commercial Gets The Point Across

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I have been waiting with bated breath to see the first commercial from GM regarding the Chevy Volt. Would it be as confusing as the commercials for the EV1? Would it make unsustainable promises? Could it possibly get me excited about a car I have written about every which way? The answers were surprisingly no, no, and [...]

TTXGP Season Final at Albacete: End of a Season…Beginning of an Era

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Analysis of the TTXGP Championship race. The top five finishers from each regional championship were invited to Albacete, Spain to compete for the crown of TTXGP World Champion.

Nissan LEAF: Faster 0-60 MPH Than a (Classic) Mustang?

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I’m not sure who was the first car reviewer or company to test their cars based on their acceleration from 0-60 mph, but it has since become the standard of the world. Nothing is more important to speed enthusiasts like myself than those first few seconds after takeoff. It doesn’t just have to do with [...]

Peugeot Previews Sexy Electric Sports Car, the EX1

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I love going fast, though thus far my need for speed has only been fulfilled by gas-powered engines. I see electric cars as being able to offer so much more in terms of performance though, thanks to their unbeatable low-end torque. This is why the Tesla Roadster has been a success and is easily recognizable [...]