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How to Fix the U.S. Auto Industry

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Mustang, Lincoln, Jay-Z, Chevrolet, Toyota, Gm, Beyonce, Ford, Angelina Jolie, u.s. Auto Industry, Cadillac, Carrie Underwood, Big Three, Chrysler, Prius, General Motors, Hybrid Vehicles, Britany Spears, Leonardo Dicaprio, Detroit, Business News

Disappearing ingenuity, poor design and dreadful marketing is to blame for Detroit's troubles, not the poor schlep who toils on the assembly-line for eight hours a day.

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Clunker Law: What You Need to Know

Steve Parker | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Toyota, Cash for Clunkers Website, Chrysler, Epa, Cash for Clunkers 2009, Washington DC, Cars, Ford, Mpg, Honda Civic, Clunkers, Clunker Bill, Cash for Clunkers, Cadillac Escalade, Nhtsa, Business News

Check the (current) status of your car, and if you're interested in the program and your vehicle is now eligible, get down to a new car dealer fast, before DC steps in again to "help" or "clarify."

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Auto Giants Reposition Globally

Diane Francis | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

Cars are not longer just big business; companies have to build vehicles, but also be able to create multilateral partnerships which include workers, politicians, civil servants and investors.

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Obama Drinks Friedman's Kool-Aid

Thom Hartmann | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade, Tom-Freidman, Barack Obama, Free Trade Agreements, Toyota, South Korea, Lexus, Kenya Obama, Politics News

If President Obama and our Congress don't soon learn the lessons Alexander Hamilton taught us in 1791, we'll continue to see American industry slowly die.

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Fuel-Cell Toyota By 2015

AFP | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Toyota, Fuel Cell Car, Green Car, Japanese Cars, Climate Change, Fuel Efficiency, Environment, Green, Cars, Japan, Fuel-Cell Car, Alternative Energy Supplies, Alternative Energy, Green Energy, Alternative and Renewable, Renewable Resources, Clean Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Green News

Toyota Motor, the world's top automaker, plans to roll out a fuel-cell car by 2015 in its push to stay ahead in the global race for green autos, vice ...

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Utah Buildings Deemed Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficient

Salt Lake Tribune | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

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A year after its opening, the building housing the Mark Miller Toyota-Scion dealership in downtown Salt Lake City has received a Gold LEED certificati...

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Hitler Praised by Formula 1 Chief

Steve Parker | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, Oswald Mosely, Nazi, Toyota, Third Reich, Honda, Bernie Ecclestone, Cars, Times of London, White Power, Ferrari, Formula One, Bmw, USA Today, Adolph Hitler, Sadomasochism, Formula 1, Kkk, Max Mosley, Hermann Goering, Business News

This isn't the first time Ecclestone and minion Max Mosley have been seen as cheerleaders of a sort for the Third Reich.

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Hot Ticket Hybrids Bring Green To Carmakers

Yahoo! News | Posted 08.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Carmakers, Cars, Hybrids, Green Cars, Toyota, Honda Hybrid, Body Paint, Body Painted Model, Toyota Prius, Honda, Japan, Green News

Toyota Motor Corp's Prius hybrid was Japan's best-selling car in June while Honda Motor Co's rival Insight ranked fourth, helping the two hybrid leade...

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Mind-Controlled Wheelchair Invented By Toyota (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Mind Controlled Wheelchair, Mind-Controlled Wheelchair Video, Video, Toyota, Mind-Controlled Wheelchair, Science, Toyota Mind-Controlled Wheel Chair, Business News

Fox News had a fascinating interview with Michio Kaku, author of "Physics of the Impossible," in which they discussed Toyota's creation of a mind-con...

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Toyota May Offer Prius Hybrid to GM

bloomberg.com | Alan Ohnsman and Kae Inoue | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Gm Chapter 11, Toyota, Prius, Gm, General Motors Bankruptcy, Business News

June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. may offer to supply a version of its Prius hybrid car to General Motors Corp. during a meeting between the c...

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Canada Greens Our Roads with Electric Vehicles

Jean Jerome Baudry | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Shai Agassi Car Project, Green Cars, Think Green Alliance, Toyota, Jean Jerome Baudry, Shai Agassi, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, Green News

It is time for society to really embrace electric vehicles into our everyday way of life and say good-bye to traditional gasoline vehicles.

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JD Power: Detroit Car Quality, Up Toyota Still King

AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Nissan, Oscar Reviews, Toyota, JD Power, Chrysler, Gm, Ford, Car Quality, Auburn Hills-Michigan, Detroit-Michigan, Business News

NEW YORK — There's a message for Detroit's automakers in the new J.D. Power and Associates rankings: Good work. Now go back and do it again. The ...

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New Prius Orders Soar To 180,0000

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 07.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Prius, New Prius, Cars, Toyota, Hybrid Cars, Green Cars, Green News

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. got 180,000 orders for the new Prius hybrid in Japan in just a month, far surpassing its target of 10,000 vehicles in...

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Note to GM, Relevance is Good Business

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Toyota, Business, General Motors, Auto Industry, Toyota Prius, Business News

Toyota's long-term strategy for bringing energy-efficient vehicles to the market is apparently working.

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GM Must Cut Buick, GMC Now

Steve Parker | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

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General Motors must drop their Buick and GMC divisions. And do it now. The number of people already put out of work by the Amazingly-Shrinking Genera...

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New Prius Is Japan's Best Domestic Seller

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Toyota Prius, Cars, Toyota, Hybrid Cars, Green Cars, Japan, Green News

TOKYO — Toyota's Prius was the No. 1 selling vehicle in Japan for May, clinching the top spot in the domestic market for the first time and over...

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Chrysler & GM: What Happens if Your Car Blows Up?

Don McNay | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

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I know I'll never forget that horrible sight, I guess I found out for myself that everyone was right. Won't come back from Dead Man's Curve. -Jan a...

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Prius Sales Booming In Japan Despite Sour Economy

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green

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TOKYO — Orders in Japan for Toyota's new Prius hybrid have topped a booming 110,000, a major dealership chain said Saturday, in what is turning ...

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Foreign Companies Will Soon Be Leading Carmakers In U.S.

usnews.com | Rick Newman | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Rick-Newman, Chrysler, Detroit Three, Big Three Automakers, Gm, Ford, Detroit Bailout, Detroit, Subaru, Toyota, Business News

Before long, you'll be more likely to get an American-made car by buying an import brand instead of a Ford, General Motors, or Chrysler vehicle. New d...

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DoE's Chu Wants to Gut Long-Term/Long-Range Fuel Cell Vehicles Program in Favor of Short-Term/Short-Range Plug-In Hybrids

Peter Hoffmann | Posted 06.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Plug-in Hybrid, Fuel Cell, James Woolsey, Daimler, Environmental, Joe Romm, Gm, Hydrogen, Toyota, Global Warming, Cars, Green News

American car makers and the government didn't take the Japanese seriously with their funny little, cheap-to-run, quality cars. Ditto with the Koreans, Toyota and Honda.

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George Will Disses the Prius, Obama and the Facts

Alex Pasternack | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Toyota, Auto Industry, George Will, Toyota Prius, Hybrid Cars, Green News

Contrary to what George Will said on This Week, Toyota and independent analysts say the Prius is a money maker for Toyota, and it has been since 2001. George has been on difficult terms with accuracy.

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2010 Prius To Actually Get Cheaper

AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Prius, Car, Cars, Toyota, Hybrid Cars, 2010 Prius, Green Cars, Money Saving, Green News

NEW YORK — Toyota Motor Corp. said it won't change the price tag on its next-generation Prius when the hybrid hits U.S. showrooms in late May an...

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After the Golden Age, Can Car Design Go Green?

Matthew DeBord | Posted 05.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Chrysler, 2009 New York Auto Show, Gm, Ford, J Mays, Audi, Toyota, Green, Cadillac, Design, Chris Bangle, Harley Earl, Cars, Style News

In fact, the urgent demand to do something about global warming may bring about a second Golden Age in auto design.

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Toyota Seeks Bailout From Japan

Bloomberg | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

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Toyota Motor Corp., forecasting the first loss in 59 years, is seeking loans from the Japanese government as private investors demand up to 50 percent...

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Stimulus: Republicans Screw Car Makers and Buyers

Steve Parker | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

The bill passed by Congress yesterday throws a one-two punch at our auto industry and consumers.

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