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Safest Cars 2010: Ford, Subaru, VW Win Insurance Industry Picks

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON -- (KEN THOMAS, AP): Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen lead the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a close...

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E-Up: Volkswagen ELECTRIC CAR Unveiled

AP | GEORGE FREY | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

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California Dreaming: Driving on Sunshine

Kevin George | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Obama Environment, Energy Grid, Tesla Roadster, Plug-in Cars, Solar Panels, Environmentalism, Sustainability, Electric Vehicles, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Solar Power, Climate Bill, Gas Prices, Tesla Motors, Chrysler, Toyota Sales, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Obama National Security, Ford, Volkswagen, Nissan, General Motors, National Security, Hyundai, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, California-Electricity, Us-Electricity-Grid, Battery Life, Gasoline, Clean Coal, Coal Industry, Incentives, Chevy Volt Battery, Bmw, Battery-Powered Car, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Gas Guzzlers, Green News
Kevin George

Bottom line, if your enthusiastic about EVs, this may be your time to plug-in and get involved. Find out for yourself why there's electricity in the air around EVs.

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Porsche Accuses Volkswagen Of Extortion

Reuters | Posted 07.28.2009 | Business

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Porsche accused Volkswagen and its key shareholder Lower Saxony of extortion following a magazine report that VW and the regiona...

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Antwon Tanner, TV And VW Actor, In Social Security Con

AP | By John Marzulli | Posted 05.18.2009 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — "One Tree Hill" actor Antwon Tanner has pleaded not guilty to involvement in a Social Security scheme. Tanner appeared in federal co...

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Huff Post Exclusive! 2010 Porsche Panamera sedans take on Southern California freeways

Steve Parker | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

Just over a month ago, Porsche released the production facts and figures and pricing for their new Panamera four-door sedan. And today, we nearly ran ...

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How Porsche Hacked The Financial System And Made A Killing

Radian | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Porsche Short Squeeze, Volkswagen, Porsche, Porsche Hacked Financial System, Adolf Merckle, Business News

A "short squeeze" sounds inconspicuous enough; you wouldn't tell it by Bloomberg's language, but Merckle's Volkswagen bet lost out to one of the most ...

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Porsche Takes Majority Of Volkswagen

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

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BERLIN — Porsche said Monday that it had increased its stake in Volkswagen AG to more than 50 percent, a move that gave it indirect control of t...

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Car sales, 2008; even worse than we thought

Steve Parker | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

Monday brought three conference calls, each about an hour, with executives from each of the Detroit Three announcing, dissecting and, most of all, spi...

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Motor Racing Reacts to Worldwide Recession

Steve Parker | Posted 01.14.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

With car sales suffering worldwide, the marketing and advertising budgets, where many companies keep their racing dollars, are often the first budgets to be trimmed.

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"Transplant" Automakers Get Over $3.6 Billion in Subsidies; More Unions, Ralph Nader Comment

Steve Parker | Posted 01.13.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

This post has the latest news on the billions in subsidies which off-shore transplant carmakers have received from state and local governments.

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Car Sales Tank; Detroit Visits DC, Pt. II

Steve Parker | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

Now that they have our attention, the Detroit Three, in plans submitted to Congress Tuesday, increased their appeals for federal loans from $25 billion to $34 billion.

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Porsche Profits Soar On Volkswagen

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business

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FRANKFURT, Germany — Luxury car maker Porsche SE said Friday its profits soared by 52 percent in its latest fiscal year _ driven higher by gains...

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Auto Industry Drops 32%; GM Plummets Over 45%

Steve Parker | Posted 12.04.2008 | Business

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Steve Parker

Obama has consistently shown his support for an American car-making industry, a modern and green industry able to build the kinds of cars and trucks people will want to buy.

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Volkswagen Is the Most Valuable Company in the world and the Banks We Are All Bailing Out Are Down as a Result

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 11.28.2008 | Business

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Martin Varsavsky

If I had to give a prize to the craziest financial story of the year this one would win it. Volkswagen right now is the most valuable corporation in the world.

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German Regulator To Look Into Volkswagen Trading

Bloomberg | Alexis Xydias | Posted 11.28.2008 | Business

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Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Germany's financial-markets regulator is looking into trading of Volkswagen AG shares after Porsche SE's plan to raise its stak...

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Asian stocks extend gains after Wall Street rally

AP | JEREMIAH MARQUEZ | Posted 11.28.2008 | Business

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HONG KONG — Asian stock markets extended a global rally Wednesday after an overnight surge on Wall Street as investors awaited possible interest...

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2009 Fuel Economy Guide: Prius Takes #1, Again

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

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Josie Garthwaite

The EPA has just published... The 2009 Fuel Economy Guide. Hybrids swept the top four spots this time, with the 2009 Toyota Prius ranking as the most fuel efficient car.

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Clean-diesels hit the market; VW's 2009 Jetta TDI already hard to find

Steve Parker | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

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Steve Parker

This post was written originally for the Santa Monica Daily Press newspaper (www.smdp.com) so please excuse the few Southern California references ......

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Clean Diesels- The Line-Up So Far

Steve Parker | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green

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Steve Parker

Sometimes, it's the incongruities, not the new models, which make the auto industry so interesting.

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First US-Built Chinese Vehicle Now On-Sale

Steve Parker | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

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Steve Parker

It should make headlines, but it won't. The news: the first major captive import vehicle-maker from China has opened its Oklahoma doors and started-up its assembly line.

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Volkswagen's Plug-In Hybrid Due In 2010, Too

ClimateProgress | Earl Killian | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

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The German government announced it will be helping to fund VW's plug-in hybrid development program with 15 million euros. VM aims for a 2010 vehicle w...

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Volkswagen Recalls 410,000 Passats

AP | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Volkswagen Group of America Inc. says it's voluntarily recalling about 410,000 gasoline powered Passats because of potenti...

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Volkswagen Corruption Trial Includes Charges Of Bribery And Illicit Sex

New York Times | MARK LANDLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Rarely have so many top auto executives been summoned to talk about something other than cars. On Tuesday, the former chief executive of Volkswagen, ...

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