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Used Car of the Day: 2008 BMW M5

The Truth About Cars

This Chicago-area 2008 BMW M5 with a manual (!) Get the latest& news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by& subscribing to our& newsletter. Today's UCOTD comes from my backyard (well, sort of -- it's within the metro but a bit of a trek).

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UAW Announces Another Strike Expansion

The Truth About Cars

This week’s targets include Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant, responsible for the Explorer and Lincoln Aviator, and General Motors’ Lansing Delta Township Assembly, responsible for the Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave.& The United Auto Workers (UAW) has decided to broaden its strike on Friday. Image: UAW] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Turing Award Winner On His Pioneering Algorithms

Cars That Think

Jack Dongarra ’s dream job growing up was to teach science at a public high school in Chicago. “I After he graduated high school, there was only one university he wanted to attend: Chicago State. Chicago State accepted his application, and he decided to major in mathematics. “I Entrepreneurial Spirit.

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5 Hotel Pools Perfect for Swimmers

Baua Electric

Then, while planning a trip to Chicago, Ms. In the Intercontinental Hotel, the 25-yard-long pool, built in 1929, is one of the oldest in Chicago and is surrounded by Greek-inspired marble decoration. The post 5 Hotel Pools Perfect for Swimmers appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Heisler, from Ann Arbor, Mich.,

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

Cars That Think

He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. He went on to earn a master's degree in computer science in 2008, also from Loyola. MAKING PROSTHETIC LIMBS ACCESSIBLE. Akhtar originally wanted to work with people with amputations as a physician. The program allows students to earn both an M.D.

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U.S. Battery Makers Power Up

Revenge of the Electric Car

The coalition – known as the National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Battery Cell Manufacture – is based in Chicago. The Energy Department’s Argonne National Laboratory, located in suburban Chicago, has also signed on to the project. LA Times, December 20, 2008. December 20, 2008 U.S.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. In the U.S.

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