Improved aerodynamics and weight reductions enable the car to use a smaller engine
Volkswagen has made a car it says can travel 313 miles on a gallon of diesel, and that emits just 24 grammes of carbon dioxide per kilometre travelled.
The XL1, which seats two adults, combines a 0.8 litre two cylinder diesel engine with an electric motor....
THORNTON, Colo. -- Two pennies. That's the difference between a potentially life-saving surgery and a dropped insurance plan.
Those 2 cents could cost Vietnam veteran Ronald Flanagan everything.
"Everybody we talk to is very surprised that 2 cents is enough to do this," said Flanagan.
It was an innocent enough mistake, according to Ronald's...
I often say, flippantly, that the industry is just now starting to master the technologies of a century ago. That’s been more an impression than a statement of fact; I recall seeing many things in early publications and thinking, “Wow, I had no idea they did that so soon,” but if pressed, I wouldn’t be able to provide examples. Time to remedy...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will propose a freeze in some government spending on Tuesday but not enough to satisfy Republicans in a speech likely to strike a centrist tone looking ahead to his 2012 re-election bid.
Obama, seeking to assure Americans weary of 9.4 percent unemployment and fearful of rising debt, was to lay out his...
