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Hyperloop deal would link three European capitals

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has signed a deal with the government of Slovakia to explore building a three-country Hyperloop.

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Magna Steyr to assemble as many as 70,000 BMW 5 Series models yearly

Magna Steyr will assemble up to 70,000 BMW 5 Series models in Graz, Austria, starting in 2017, according to reports out of Germany.

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3 dead as man drives SUV into crowd at Austrian GP event

A man drove a Daewoo Rexton into a crowded square in the Austrian city of Graz, killing at least three people and injuring 34 more at an event for this weekend's Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix.

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2015 Erzberg Rodeo Red Bull Hare Scramble results in four-way tie [w/videos]

The 2015 Erzberg Rodeo Red Bull Hare Scramble was so hard that only five riders made it to the finish line, and four of them tied for first place.

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Terrifying crash caps GT4 race at Red Bull Ring

An Aston Martin Vantage and Sin R1 crashed big within sight of the finish line on the last lap of the GT4 European Series race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, this past weekend.

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Watch how hard it was for Jonny Walker to win the 2014 Erzbergrodeo

The Erzbergrodeo might be one of the greatest motorcycle events in the world that many people know nothing about. Set over several days, mostly in the pit of a former Austrian ore mine, these riders put it all on the line for hours at a time. It's like the Isle of Man TT for dirt bikes.

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Austrian policeman victim of explosive poo trap

My cousins lived next to a big cow pasture in Platteville, WI, when we were all kids. Those boys knew how to have a good time in the country, and when my brother and I came to visit one year, they divulged the fun that could be had by rigging cow patties (that's a pile of poo, for you city slickers) with little firecrackers. Push one in, up to the fuse, light it, and run as fast as you can.

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Parents of terminally ill child sue after son dies following charity ride

Some stories are so sad and depressing, they make you want to go back to bed and pull the covers over your head. This is one such story. 14-year-old Raphael Wittman was suffering from an unspecified form of terminal cancer when he was invited by the children's cancer charity Kinder Krebs Hilfe to a charity drive organized by Porsche Forum Austria. During the drive, the Porsche Boxster Wittman was riding in was involved in a head-on collisio

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Volkswagen rocks out with Amarok Power concept at Wörthersee

This year's Wörthersee Treffen in Austria is packed with interesting concepts like Audi's 525-horsepower A3, Seat's Ibiza Cupster, the Volkswagen GTI R

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Lauda irked at Red Bull for dropping circuit corner that bore his name

Austria hasn't hosted a Formula One grand prix since the 2003 race at the old A1 Ring. Since then Red Bull bought the track, renovated it and returned it to the calendar this year as the Red Bull Ring for a race on June 22. We could look at this as a quaint story of a historic F1 track finally returning to the series after a long delay. However, there is a very angry Austrian who is not h

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WAVE 2014 is an EV rally fit for the Alps [w/video]

Not like we would need an excuse to join a few hundred friends for a springtime plug-in vehicle drive through the Swiss Alps, but the World Advanced Vehicle Expedition (WAVE) is providing us with one. WAVE is putting on its annual shindig between May 31 and June 7, entrant Green Motorsport says, and the party's so big that WAVE's now giving out prizes for three categories: plug-in vehicles that are heavier than 900 kilograms (1,984 pounds), lighter than 900 kg and electric bikes.

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Lead-acid mild hybrid demonstration vehicle boosts fuel economy, not costs

A consortium proposing the use of a lead-acid battery as a cheaper, more effective alternative to vehicle hybridization is showing off its Volkswagen Passat demonstration vehicle in Austria this week.

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Ronnie Renner races KTM Electric Bike prototype through Austria

Pro FMX Rider Ronnie Renner recently had a realization that happens to a lot of people who ride an electric bike – it may use an electric motor and not an internal combustion engine, but the torque and horsepower sure are exceptional. Oh, and it's a lot of fun to ride.

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Car Culture exhibit at Lentos museum will bend your mind [w/videos]

It was modern art and motorcars on display in the Car Culture exhibit at the LENTOS Kunstmuseum in Linz, Austria. We say "was" because we missed the exhibit, which was last year, but we've been tipped to a video of some of its offerings, and we wish we had gone.

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KTM E-Speed brings slice-and-dice sexy to electric scooters

Quick. If we say, "electric scooter," what springs to mind? A retro-styled off-brand offering from China? A plush maxi-sized conveyance for mature riders? Anything except, we imagine, the E-Speed concept from KTM that was just revealed at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show.

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What's ex-CEO Wendelin Wiedeking doing after Porsche? Pizza

Three years after an oversize corporate appetite resulted in him departing the CEO's throne at Porsche, Wendelin Wiedeking is back in the hunger business having announced a chain of pizza and pasta restaurants called Vialino. The eatery business isn't new to the former Porsche boss, nor are business interests far from the automotive sector: the former Porsche boss made his first million in real estate before he was 30, owns a restaurant now, and still ow

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Fisker Karma will enter inaugural Bodensee-Elektrik Rallye in the Alps

Financial concerns are one thing. No one ever said a Fisker Karma wouldn't look stunning cruising through the Swiss Alps.

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