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Aug 9, 2005
Pontiac Solstice delivery party

They're here! The first 1,000 units of the Pontiac Solstice, which are tagged as "special edition" cars, were shipped to dealers last weekend. In honor of the event GM held a ceremony in downtown Detroit last Friday and invited all of the first 1,000 owners to attend. About 200 RSVP'd and were treated to road tests (limited to around the block) and a speech by Bob Lutz, during which he revealed that he had not been posting under the moniker of SolsticeMan on SolsticeForum.com. The biggest

John Neff
Aug 9, 2005
Delphi warns of possible bankruptcy

The world's largest auto parts maker warned that Chapter 11 bankruptcy would be considered if talks with unions and General Motors do not result in significant cost savings. About 49% of Delphi's business comes from GM, which means that its financial well being is taking a huge hit as GM cuts production to deal with its own fiscal priorities. Couple the drop in orders with the fact that Delphi has taken over GM's social payments for workers and it's easy to understand why the supplier pos

John Neff
Aug 9, 2005
New hydrogen generation technique announced

It's inevitable that any discussion about hydrogen-power cars takes a turn towards the "... and just where are we going to get all that hydrogen from?" angle in about 30 seconds.. Researchers in Israel may have taken us one step closer to answering that question. They've developed a process where zinc ore is heated in the presence of charcoal via solar energy and smelted into elemental zinc powder. That powder can then be reacted with water to form hydrogen and zinc oxide, which is return

Eric Bryant
Aug 9, 2005
Team achieves over 100 MPG in Toyota Prius

A team of four men has driven a production Prius to an average of just over 110 MPG for a full tank of fuel, taking nearly 48 hours and traveling almost 1400 miles along the way. Driving on a 15-mile stretch of Route 65 and with the goal of obeying traffic laws (one driver did get busted for going too slow), I don't think there's any way to describe this feat other than "amazing". Sure, many might say that the "pulse-and-glide" technique has limited relevance to the real world, but most o

Eric Bryant
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