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Video Friday: In Der Natur

Cars That Think

Flexiv ] When you put the Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Operations Team together with Boston Dynamics, you get something not nearly as exciting as you were probably expecting. For two decades after launch, the spacecraft were planetary explorers, giving us up-close views of the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

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Smart Move

Revenge of the Electric Car

Boston Corridor. Boston corridor. Smart brought in Lajdziak, the former chief of the Saturn brand for General Motors Co., Smart will be launching a test fleet of 250 electric cars in selected areas, including: Portland, San Jose, Indianapolis, Orlando, and the Washington, D.C. By Mike Ramsey for the Wall Street Journal.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car proponents at The California Cars Initiative believe the task force was unduly influenced by “plug-in skeptics” at the Boston Consulting Group , which is under government contract to provide input on the prospects for G.M. April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it. and Chrysler.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They only have that many models because they use the same chassis and drivetrain to build 3 different cars, one branded as a Chevy, the next a Pontiac, then a Saturn, etc. So my Saturn SC1 does the job great I am getting 35-38 miles on the Hwy and with over 232,000 miles and runs like a champ. The first VCRs were well over a $1000.00

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