Early Friday morning, October 5th, a Memphis police officer pulled over the driver of an old Ford pickup trunk on a routine patrol for driving a vehicle using antique-issue license plates.
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After the recall of 10 million vehicle in 2009 and 2012 over the infamous acceleration problems, Toyota has once again been hit by a massive recall that involves a hefty amount of 7.43 million vehicles.
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Averaging 186.313 mph (299.842 km/h) over two runs, a specially-modified Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid has set a Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) H/PS land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
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The Obama administration is preparing to warn car owners that dangerous counterfeit air bags may have been installed in vehicles that have had their air bags replaced in the past three years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration alerted the industry on Tuesday, October 9th, through a series of phone calls that tens of thousands of car owners may be driving vehicles with counterfeit air bags.
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US-based fuels specialist Joule and Audi have developed an extraordinary process to produce e-ethanol and e-diesel where microorganisms suspended in brackish, or waste water can use sunlight and waste CO2 to create fuels without the need for biomass.

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Plug-in hybrids claim to be much more fuel efficient, therefore cheaper to run, than regular models that are powered only by combustion engines. But, instead of looking at the increase in gas prices when driving your hybrid, you have to keep an eye on your electricity bill for the cost of charging your car battery.
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In 2013, for the first time ever in storied history, the V8 Supercar Series will be heading to America. The event will begin May 17th and end the 19th next year at Circuit of the Americas’ new circuit in Austin Texas .
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As automakers seek to maximize performance while striving for efficiency, turbochargers are becoming increasingly common. Recent studies show over the next five years, turbo usage will see a global increase of 80 percent. This means by 2017, an estimated 36 million vehicles on the road, which is about 40 percent, will be turbocharged.
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