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Mitsubishi i-MIEV is the greenest car of 2012
Thu, Feb 09 2012 at 8:00 AM EST

This year marks the first year that an electric vehicle tops the ACEEE's greenest car list.

5 ways to make public transit awesome
Wed, Feb 08 2012 at 12:06 PM EST

From train tracks as urban gardens to bus stops as art installations, here are five exciting ways cities around the world are making transit awesome now.

Driving the 2012 Toyota Prius c
Wed, Feb 08 2012 at 8:00 AM EST

A Toyota Prius designed for the young urban driver will be available in March 2012.

Airbus A380 removed from service for cracked wings
Wed, Feb 08 2012 at 12:28 AM EST

The small cracking was discovered during an extra round of precautionary checks requested by Airbus after it hit severe turbulence over India in January.

Crazy car crash scenes: Real or fake?
Tue, Feb 07 2012 at 4:28 PM EST

Once upon a time we could believe photographs, but Photoshop has changed all that. So who really knows if these much-emailed, too-good-to-be-true weird auto accident shots are true or false?

Satellite photo shows stricken cruise ship Costa Concordia lying off Italian coast
Mon, Feb 06 2012 at 11:21 PM EST

Cruise ships are BIG.

Yes please: Auto polo game from 1912
Mon, Feb 06 2012 at 10:56 PM EST

This fantastic photo from 1912 shows an epic moment in a game of auto polo, a sport that could make for a cool greener modern twist.

Looking for awesome transit? Follow the money
Mon, Feb 06 2012 at 5:34 PM EST

As Congress votes to cut funding for public transit in favor of more traffic-snarled sprawl, they'd do well to look to Guadalajara for an example of what happens when you make transit awesome. (Hint: People love it!)

Ice warnings in England but Heathrow 'back to normal'
Mon, Feb 06 2012 at 5:07 AM EST

The airport said its schedule was returning to normal after 50 percent of the 1,300 flights planned for Sunday were canceled.

China bans airlines from paying new EU carbon charges
Mon, Feb 06 2012 at 1:58 AM EST

Beijing has said repeatedly that it opposes the EU plan, which Chinese media have warned would lead to a 'trade war' in the sector.

Neil Young, Steve Jobs, Bill Ford ... and high-end car audio
Thu, Feb 02 2012 at 4:16 PM EST

Audiophile Young made a splash sounding off about how bad MP3 is at a recent media conference. But on the same mission, he also visited the auto industry's Bill Ford ... wearing a cape.

Woman wins small-claim suit against Honda
Thu, Feb 02 2012 at 3:00 AM EST

A court sided with Civic owner Heather Peters, who was awarded $9,867 over Honda's claim that the hybrid could achieve as much as 50 miles per gallon.

Your empty driveway: A potential money-maker?
Wed, Feb 01 2012 at 12:43 PM EST

ParkatmyHouse, an online booking system that connects owners of empty driveways with perpetually circling drivers in need of a convenient parking spot, arrives on American soil.

Obama's Chrysler is yours for a cool $1 million
Tue, Jan 31 2012 at 5:23 PM EST

When he was a state senator, Obama drove a beefy Hemi-powered Chrysler 300. Is that car worth more than his beloved Jeep Grand Cherokee? Meanwhile, a Connecticut dealer who collects presidential hair is holding on to a pair of Kennedy Lincolns.

An electric cure for bad parkers?
Tue, Jan 31 2012 at 1:57 PM EST

The Hiriko seeks to make urban travel easier and more convenience with a completely electric motor and quick parking.

Leno and Seinfeld team up for Acura Super Bowl ad
Tue, Jan 31 2012 at 11:21 AM EST

Carmaker's first Super Bowl Sunday ad features Jay Leno and Jerry Seinfeld vying for the first new Acura NSX.

Women are better at parking
Mon, Jan 30 2012 at 7:01 AM EST

A review of footage from 700 parking lots and interviews with 2,000 drivers found that when a range of factors are considered, women come out on top.

Driven to distraction by rock and rap
Fri, Jan 27 2012 at 11:57 AM EST

Studies show we pay less attention and get into more accidents when Kanye West or the Foo Fighters are blaring from the dashboard. So is a new form of chill-out music the answer to safer driving?

Chevy Volt gets caught in Washington crossfire
Wed, Jan 25 2012 at 12:44 PM EST

NHTSA head says the Volt did not pose an unreasonable risk to public safety and he would have sounded a public alarm had there been a reason to do so.

AT&T deploys 5,000th alternative fuel vehicle
Wed, Jan 25 2012 at 12:06 PM EST

AT&T is now one-third of the way through its goal of 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles.

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