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Highschool kids build 300mpg Electric Car

When you’re in highschool, class projects are more or less like building volcanoes for chemistry class or a cool physics project. Somehow, building the most fuel efficient electric car in the world doesn’t quite fit the pattern. A bunch of teenagers from DeLaSalle high school in Kansas City had a class project of their own. [...]

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Citroen presents its Citroen DS3 Racing

So you have a funky, pretty and fast sports car. You make it sportier, prettier and more edgy and you get the racing version. And then you go ahead and release a video presentation of it. Now, as much as I love the Citroen DS3 Racing (and trust me, I do), this video doesn’t capture [...]

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Mafia Wars Las Vegas gets launched with a boom

How else to launch the Mafia Wars Las Vegas game if not by calling up Snoop Dog and blowing up a truck in the desert? Zynga is really going on a limb to promote its games and this particular event seems to have been quite successful. The gaming company claims that the live Ustream [...]

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Driverside – tips and advice for car owners

Here’s a useful tip for you: yesterday I came across Driverside, a website that offers tips and advice for car owners. They seem to have a pretty well developed community that could be of great help if you’re having trouble with your car. They also have mechanics that can answer your questions and you can [...]

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Would you buy a car off the Internet?

I have an interesting question for you today. Given the huge amount of information about cars on the Internet (drive tests, prices, options, pictures from every possible angle, performance etc.), could you say that we’ve come to the moment when we can actually buy a car off the Internet? Chris Brogan did and he ordered [...]

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Fisker Karma’s sexy commercial

Hybrid cars are getting sexier by the day, especially when they get this advertising treatment. Fisker Automotive went on a brim to promote their Karma hybrid, making it appealing to the senses. Want proof? Check out the video below.

This “Designed to make you hot, not the planet” hybrid is no stranger to performance either: it’s [...]

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External speakers on your car? Sure! On the Japanese Prius

If there’s a bad ass driver inside of you, but one who cares for the environment and drives a Toyota Prius, there’s still a chance for you to quench your thirst for a loud, aggressive engine. If you can pay $150, you can get Approaching Vehicle Audible System for your Prius.
What does that do, [...]

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Venturi Buckeye Bullet – the electric car that hit more than 300 MPH

The Bonneville Salt Flats are well known as grounds for testing the most insane cars of all time. Recently, the salty plains hosted the testing of one Venturi Buckeye Bullet, an all-electric landspeed racer that was built by a bunch of students at the Ohio State University. Their record was of record of 307.66 MPH [...]

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Woodword 2010: insane motoring

The Woodward Dream Cruise seems to be a good reason to show off your disturbed sense of automotive passion. Here you’ll find gearheads like no others, because their cars are… at least peculiar and at most simply mind-bending. And I say that not necessarily in a good way.

The best would be not to get [...]

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The Fast and the Furious Five features the 2011 Dodge Charger

I can’t tell you just how excited I am for The Fast and the Furious Five movie! It seems that a fan caught a glimpse of the 2011 Dodge Charger in Puerto Rico, on the set of The Fast and the Furious Five. You can read all about the technical details on Autoblog , where [...]

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