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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

& The first Guidestar test models in late 1994 were implemented in the San Jose, California area, distributed once again through Avis rental outlets. A very novel idea at the time, Guidestar was technology consumers had never seen previously. Can you find an Oldsmobile for sale with Guidestar intact? Let me know.

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Rivian IPO: What you need to know

Teslarati

Similar to fellow electric vehicle maker Tesla, which currently reached a market cap above of over $1 trillion, Rivian’s valuation target is founded on the idea that the company may see a meteoric rise in the coming years. . billion) and Ford Motor Company ($79.65 billion), the latter being a key investor in the truck maker.

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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

Creative Greenius

That killer earthquake California has coming that’s long over due? So far GM, Toyota, Nissan, VW, Mitsubishi, have all announced plug in vehicles they will have for sale in 2010. Let me help you with the perspective here… that terrorist threat from Al Queda and all the other terrorist groups in the world? That’s 18 months away.

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2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Review – Shockingly Spicy

The Truth About Cars

So imagine my surprise at the relative capability of the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N as I hustled it around the famous Laguna Seca racetrack near Monterey, California. Full disclosure: Hyundai flew me to Monterey/Carmel, California and fed and housed me. Hyundai wouldn’t give us a target for sales numbers. Sure, why not?

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

A joint venture between Fisker Coachbuild and Quantum Technologies, Fisker Automotive was founded in 2005 with headquarters in Irvine, California, and has made the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sports car its centrepiece. Fisker Automotive. The company hopes to begin selling the Fisker Karma in mid 2010 in Europe.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

Cars That Think

The idea that they were getting some kind of vision, it was kind of electrifying—for the patients and the doctors.”. Within weeks, most of its physical assets—including manufacturing equipment, scientific instruments, laptops, and shelving—went up for sale at auction. —Jeroen Perk. These people were completely in the dark,” he says.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

But down the road, the idea of the Tesla is to use this car to kick the company off, and then to get a sedan under $50,000 that’ll appeal to a lot more people. In California, Governor Schwarzenegger seems dead-set on developing the hydrogen highway. A: The Tesla is a beautiful car — I’ll give it that. Q: What about hydrogen?

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