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.
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Next-gen Elio prototype uses new engine, transmission
Elio Motors is working on P5, its fifth-generation prototype of the 84-mpg, $6,800 three wheeler that's due in the middle of 2016.
Elio introduces 0.9-liter, three-cylinder engine for 84-mpg trike
Elio debuts a 0.9-liter three-cylinder prototype for its high-MPG trike.
Elio getting closer to building actual 84-mpg cars
Elio Motors is taking its green-is-good mentality to its factory equipment. The company, which is planning to make super-light three-wheeled vehicles that get 84 miles per gallon, will finally start making trikes next year. The plan is to sell off extra equipment from an old General Motors factory to do so.
Elio moves to make $6,800, 84-mpg three-wheeler more real
Tell a hip-hop fan you've got a vehicle with three-wheel motion and they'll think of low-riders, '64 Impalas and hydraulics. Michigan-based Elio Motors has another idea, and the Detroit News says it's a few beats closer to reality.
Elio Motors buys old GM plant in LA, plans to build 84-mpg, $6,800 trike [w/video]
The story of Elio Motors goes back many years, but it has managed to stay well below the radar, mostly because there hasn't been much news. This has changed.
Report: Another GM plant halted by parts shortage, workers laid off
General Motors recently announced that it was forced to halt production at its Shreveport, Louisiana assembly facility. Now GM is hitting the brakes on production at its Tonawanda plant in Buffalo, New York as well. The reason for the stoppage? The massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan has caused significant delays from parts suppliers.
Turn Out the Lights: Final Hummer H3 rolls off the line... for Avis
2010 Hummer H3 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Report: Bad Chinese parts force GM to idle Chevy Colorado/GMC Canyon plant
2010 Chevrolet Colorado – click above for high-res image gallery
Hummer plant coming back online to fill 849-unit order?
Hummer H3T - Click above for high-res image gallery
Shreveport, LA mayor lobbies D.C. to close the HUMMER deal, already
Cedric Glover, the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, went to Washington, D.C. to plead his case for the sale of Hummer to Tengzhong. The only thing is, we're not sure why he went. To be more precise, we do know that he wants to protect jobs at GM's Shreveport plant that builds Hummers. The plant has about 800 workers who build some of The General's pickup trucks and Hummer models, and the loss of The Big H would undoubtedly put people out of work.