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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:29:26 MDT</pubDate>
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<title>General Motors R&amp;D Chief Larry Burns Sees 'Electric Drive' across Product Line</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:15:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description>GM's Larry Burns is in the hot seat to develop vehicles that run on renewable energy. His mission...</description>
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<title>Mechatronics 2.0 Conference and Expo in Detroit Sept. 9</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research and Tom Watson of ArvinMeritor and for...</description>
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<title>Auto Industry Redesigns Engines While Ethanol Debate Rages</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>GM, Ford and other automakers are redesigning their engines to burn E85, while the debate over et...</description>
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<title>Ethanol Is The New Homebrew</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The E-Fuel 100 allows motorists to make their own ethanol from sugar or even leftover booze. The ...</description>
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<title>Hydrogen FCVs Will Drive Initial Market, Fueling Infrastructure to Follow</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Fork lifts, buses, tarmac tugs and automatic warehouse vehicles have been running on hydrogen for...</description>
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<title>Feds Have Primed the Hydrogen Research Pump</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Solvable technical hurdles and the prospect of a &quot;perfect battery&quot; still stand in the way of hydr...</description>
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<title>GM's Hydrogen Chevy Equinox FCV: A Seamless Transition</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The technology and environmental benefits behind GM's hydrogen-powered FCV are revolutionary – ...</description>
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<title>Hitting the Hydrogen Highway</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>General Motors' fourth generation FCV excels as a hydrogen-powered vehicle, but the future still ...</description>
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<title>SMR Dominates Hydrogen Production, But There’s Many Ways to Make It</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) is the most common way to make hydrogen, but the promise of commerc...</description>
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<title>Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure in the Newborn Stage</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Progress on hydrogen service stations lags fuel cell vehicle (FCV) development as energy companie...</description>
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<title>Staring at Little White Lines</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Cameras are playing a key role as the auto industry looks forward to active safety systems. One i...</description>
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<title>Honda Produces Lower-Cost Hybrid</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Honda Motor Co. will soon launch a less expensive hybrid car to encourage more people around the ...</description>
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<title>Energtek's Natural Gas Three-Wheeler</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The natural gas technology company Energtek Inc. has introduced a three-wheel vehicle with a two-...</description>
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<title>Tomorrow's Fuel-Efficient Automotive Transmissions</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Concerned about fuel economy? Well, forget about hybrid electric vehicles for a minute. Automotiv...</description>
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<title>GM to Test Lithium-Ion Batteries for Chevy Volt</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>General Motors’ highest priority technology will reach the proving grounds this month as engine...</description>
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<title>German Sedans Slip</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Could Consumer Reports actually be correct in listing Japanese makes as tops in ratings for perfo...</description>
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<title>Hydrogen: A Classic Chicken or Egg Problem</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Hydrogen is a major step forward in the auto industry, but what comes first, the vehicle or the i...</description>
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<title>Auto Engineers Boost Use of High-Strength Steels</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Steel retains strong cost advantage over competing materials, including aluminum, magnesium and p...</description>
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<title>Le Mans Racer Senses Change</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Mega-Line Racing Electronic GmbH, which is providing the absolute magnetic shaft encoder in the A...</description>
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<title>787 Dreamliner Completes &quot;Power On&quot; Milestone</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Boeing has completed the Power On sequence for the first 787 Dreamliner, moving ever closer to fi...</description>
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<title>GM Shows off Safety Technology</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>In a technology demonstration for Design News, GM's vehicle-to-vehicle technology succeeded in st...</description>
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<title>Auto Industry Prepares for Intelligent Highway</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Automakers plan to build dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) into future vehicles, enabli...</description>
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<title>Sizing up Auto Safety</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The 1,800-lb Smart Car places great emphasis on active, passive and designed-in safety features, ...</description>
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<title>Aftermarket Camera Spots Bikes in the Driveway</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Sanyo Electric Co.'s CCA-BC200 Automotive Rear View Backup Camera System, the first aftermarket r...</description>
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<title>AFS Trinity Produces 150 mpg Hybrid SUV</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>AFS Trinity Power Corp. launched a cross-country tour for its XH-150, an extreme hybrid SUV that ...</description>
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<title>Boeing Tests Fuel Cell Airplane</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Boeing has flown the first manned airplane powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The plane is a two-sea...</description>
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