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The Starting Line for Self-Driving Cars

Cars That Think

Fast-forward five years: Thrun transferred to Stanford in July 2003. He loaned it to the museum in 2006, and since 2008 it has resided permanently in the museums collections, alongside other remarkable specimens in robotics and automobiles. Visitor, nonvisitor; display case, not-display case; open floor, not-open floor.

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Used Car of the Day: 2003 Lexus IS 300

The Truth About Cars

Today we bring you a 2003 Lexus IS 300 with a five-speed manual. Here's where I disclose some personal bias -- I love these things. You don't mess with another's automobile", I say to paraphrase Vincent Vega. The gauges were well-styled, these cars could handle, and the manual made them so much fun.

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Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

Green Car Congress

Automobiles are major contributors to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. South Korea has improved its fuel economy by one third since 2003. In Japan, the average driver covers only about 6,400 km, while in China, the average distance per person works out to a much shorter 1,000 km. million EVs and a fleet of 3.5

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

Green Car Congress

Deforestation: Wood products contributed $100 billion per year to the global economy from 2003 to 2007 and the value of non-wood forest products, mostly food, was estimated at about US$18.5 Sector analysis: Automobiles. billion in 2005. The three nexuses are linked by climate change.

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Honda signs E-KIZUNA project agreement with City of Saitama for EV, PHEV and electric scooter testing; new household gas cogen unit with more efficient EXlink engine

Green Car Congress

Stimulating demand and applying incentives, including promoting the shared use of electric scooters and automobiles, promoting the use of electric scooters for commercial use, and developing a wide variety of electric vehicles to meet citizens’ needs. Earlier post.)

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Nicole Nuttall, non-executive director at Goodyear India resigns | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Nicole Amanda Nuttall, a non-executive director with Goodyear India, submitted her resignation from the post on Thursday due to personal reasons and preoccupations. and Home Wilkinson Lowry, The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland Limited, Lyons Solicitor and Ellison Moschella & Co. in the past in their legal department.

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

I spent 33 years in the automobile business, the equivalent of 96 human years. I also worked with senior executives& of well-respected automobile companies who were total sleazebags. A rotund enthusiastic person, Perry was one of the best sales people I’d ever seen. & These are their stories.

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