By Bettering Driving Habits with New Device, Fuel Economy Improves by up to 30 Percent

By providing suggestions on how to improve motorists driving habits, a new gadget called Automatic is said to better their fuel consumption. The device plugs into your car’s data port and send information about your driving to an iPhone or Android app. Then the app makes suggestions on how to get better mileage and improved performance out of your car.
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Breaking its Own Ice Speed Record, Nokian Tyres Reaches 209 mph with Audi RS6

Nokian Tyres, the manufacturer who set the previous record in 2012, makes a new world record for fastest car on ice. The company used Janne Laitinen as their test driver who reached 208.6 mph (335.713 km/h) on the ice of the Gulf of Bothnia in freezing winter weather. A previous-generation Audi RS6 was the car that Nokian chose for the job, which provides the necessary power and grip, thanks to its 580PS 5.0 liter V10 engine and the quattro all-wheel drive system.
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Google Pays $7 Million Fine After Admitting its Street View Cars Violated People’s Privacy

A three-year-long privacy investigation revealed some disturbing information involving Googles Street View cars. The investigation proved between 2008 and 2010, Google’s cars collected passwords, e-mails, medical and financial records and other private information from home wireless networks. So essentially, Google’s cars sucked in all information available on unencrypted wireless networks.
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Hyundai CEO Confirms Tucson Hydrogen Fuel Cell Sale in 2015

Last week, at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, Hyundai unveiled its new European-spec ix35, which gave us a preview of the 2014 Tucson once it makes it to America. Hyundai also showed off a hydrogen fuel-cell electric variant of the new ix35 while in Geneva, and CEO of Hyundai America, John Krafcik has confirmed that it’ll be heading to America and will be offered in all 50 states.
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