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QOTD: Toy Cars

The Truth About Cars

A piece of news crossed my desk concerning toymaker Playmobil striking a licensing deal with Ferrari. With Ferrari being added to the stable , Playmobil offers quite a few 1/24-scale versions of well-known car models. Some folks build cars from companies like Revell. Some buy Legos or the aforementioned Playmobil.

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Lithia unloads Toyota, Ford and Bentley-Lotus dealerships

Baua Electric

Lithia mentioned it offered Bentley of Denver-Lotus of Denver, in the past housed in its Ferrari of Denver dealership in Highlands Ranch, Colo., Lithia plans to finish a complete transform of the Ferrari bind in keeping with the automaker’s unused symbol program, which is to be unveiled then this hour, Dobry mentioned in an e-mail. .”

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

The disclosure here is that Krok and I once worked together at a different company, and the caveat is that I often find interesting, well-written pieces on Slate. Though he ignores the other reasons a wealthy person might buy a Bentley – style, creature comforts, as an indication of socioeconomic status, and so on.

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Man sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for selling $9 million in fraudulent renewable fuel credits

Green Car Congress

to nearly 12 years and six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for selling $9 million in renewable fuel credits which he falsely claimed were produced by his company, Clean Green Fuel, LLC. million to over 20 companies and forfeit $9.1 to buy his home in Perry Hall, Md. Hailey, of Perry Hall, Md.,

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

Cars That Think

Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (including three of us—Ferrari, Ollis, and Starke) are investigating distributed controllers that will allow microgrids to form a larger network that will increase their resiliency and facilitate the integration of more renewable energy. To that end, engineers at the U.S. percent to 2.8

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Abandoned History: Cadillac's Northstar V8, Head Bolts and Gaskets Aplenty (Part I)

The Truth About Cars

Smith sought to transform GM into a multi-arm conglomerate like General Electric, and invested billions in early satellite navigation , technology, and engineering companies.& & Benchmarking occurred at Cadillac’s R&D, where engines from other manufacturers were purchased for evaluation.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Norwegian company just last week met with Gov. Think Global was formerly known as Think City, a prior Ford Motor Company ( F ) acquisition and part of a now-defunct Think division at Ford. market for sustainable “green” energy purchases. Duh, heres our $40K volt, buy it please? market b y the end of 2009.