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Watch a runaway dump truck clobber an Accord

Everybody involved in this one needs to go buy a lottery ticket right now.

Carjacking attempt foiled by pesky manual transmission

Manual transmissions apparently are the best theft deterrent.

Stick with the stick.

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Man fends off carjackers with car wash pressure sprayer

A simple car wash turned ugly for a Louisiana man when he was jumped by carjackers while washing his car.

Honda Accord Hybrid Falls Well Short Of 47 MPG, Says Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports finds Honda Accord Hybrid gets 40 mpg in testing

The Honda Accord Hybrid is the latest to arouse the ratings bear, returning "just" 40 combined mpg in CR testing. Even so, that makes it "a class leader for fuel economy among midsized sedans," besting even the Civic Hybrid in CR testing, but that's still a lucky roll of the dice short of its EPA rating of 47 mpg.

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Honda will use Accord Plug-in for vehicle-to-grid demonstration project

Honda is joining a pre-existing vehicle-to-grid (V2G) demonstration project involving the University of Delaware and NRG Energy. Honda will use one of its Accord Plug-in Hybrid models as a back-up grid-power source when conventional power supply drops and demand surges. NRG Energy started funding its testing system with the university earlier this year.