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Small Cars Selling for Under $10,000

After the Tesla Model S, Here Comes BYD's F3DM...
It was only a couple weeks ago that BYD's F3DM plug-in hybrid went on sale in China. At that time, BYD still said it had plans to "bring the F3DM to the US in 2010", but that has now changed without much in the way of explanations. Read on for more....

The Amazing Shrinking car

Jeremy Clarkson's Tesla Never Ran Out of Charge

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It has been a rocky year for many in 2008. With an ailing economy, viral job loss, busted mortgages, roller coaster oil prices and stock markets, and a grim forecast , it is easy to neglect the good news. But the good news is the same as the bad news, depending on how you look at it or phrase it:

Read further for 7 bad AND good news events of 2008...

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Book Cover: McGraw-Hill

Electric vehicles are a hot topic right now, but the problem is there really isn't much to choose from other than a handful of hybrids and NEV's. What if we were to tell you that for the price of a new bottom of the barrel, no thrills or frills subcompact, you could turn just about any vehicle into an EV?

Not the solar powered ship itself, but a car carrier from Nippon Yusen KK, who developed the ship. Photo: NYK

Editor's note: Below is a post that Adam Stern at TerraPass recently shared with us. In our opinion, the accomplishment of the world's "longest green flight" is a dubious one, and we are wary of spreading false hope that the type of special arrangement described will be the key to creating a low-carbon air travel industry. But we still felt that the flight, Stern's account of how the reductions were achieved, and the commentary that resulted, are worth knowing about.

Photos from Today's Zaman (left) and BELBİM (right).