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Monday, August 30th, 2010
The best back-to-school cars, now that is a tall order and one that can change people's lives. I mean, could you stand to find out you are driving the uncool car this year when you head back to school? Well, before you get tarred and feathered with that unappealing proposition, ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
With electricity not always generated through renewable methods, it can be hard to claim that an EV is truly zero-emissions. It's generally accepted that you aren't pumping any gasses out the back as you drive along, though. Well, the car shouldn't be anyway... Despite this, electric vehicle manufacturers are still ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
With electricity not always generated through renewable methods, it can be hard to claim that an EV is truly zero-emissions. It's generally accepted that you aren't pumping any gasses out the back as you drive along, though. Well, the car shouldn't be anyway... Despite this, electric vehicle manufacturers are still ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Scion is no stranger to the automotive landscape, especially not for the college or post undergraduate. Most know for their long list of available options, dealer installed accessories, aftermarket additions and of course the Scion tC—the companies most popular model with an estimated 310,000 tC on the road. The tC, ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
() Recently on txGarage we tested the 2011 Ford Fiesta and this is what we know. America is known for big cars, and let’s face it, we like big cars. Even foreign companies that make great small cars in the rest of the world don’t usually attempt to bring ...
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
The last couple of years have proven to have their ups and downs in the automotive market, especially with regards to small cars. The Smart car, one of the smallest cars on sale in America, is starting to show further signs of decline as gas prices continue to stay in ...
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
Could a compound in urine be used to generate electricity, even for vehicles? It's a possibility. According to a report, two postdocs at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, are generating electricity with a new type of fuel-cell prototype—one that uses urea, or carbamide, a compound that's present in urine. Over ...
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
With the new 2011 CR-Z, Honda has created a critical firestorm of sorts: Enthusiasts are saying it should be a sportier drive, while hybrid car fans are pronouncing its mileage figures unacceptably low. One outlet went so far as to declare the CR-Z “the worst of all worlds,” while another ...
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
The eagerly awaited 2011 Ford Fiesta subcompact has had more than its share of challenges, but Ford wants you to know it has resumed shipping the little sedan and hatchback models. New ones should be showing up at your dealer within days. The latest issue was a problem in an ...
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
The principles of the gasoline engine have chugged along for a century now without much change. The last big evolutions were variable valve timing and the switch to fuel injection from carburetors. Now a flurry of innovations to boost fuel efficiency is in the pipeline. One of them comes from ...
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