Tagged: Cars

EarthTalk
12:00 am
Sun April 8, 2012

Fuel Efficient Car Choices for 2012

Mitsubishi, Toyota, General Motors

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E - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: Which are the most fuel-efficient hybrid and/or all-electric cars available to consumers today (just the affordable ones, please!)? -- Jack Madison, Chicago, IL

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Word of Mouth - Segment
1:06 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

The Real Cost of Free Curb Space

Photo by Wouter Kiel, courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons

One of the world’s foremost expert on… parking.

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EarthTalk
12:00 am
Sun February 19, 2012

New Automobile Fuel Economy Standards

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EarthTalk®
E - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: I read that car makers had agreed to up fuel economy standards to an average of about 55 miles per gallon by the year 2025, and that specifics were due to be hammered out by the end of 2011. Did this happen and where do things stand now?-- Scott Ellis, Norwalk, CA

 

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Word of Mouth
8:00 am
Sat December 17, 2011

Word of Mouth for 12.17.2011

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Auto spies. A beard face-off. Best and worse in food in 2011. And a revealing look at John Lennon.

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Arts & Culture
5:22 pm
Fri December 9, 2011

North Country Man Recreates World's Most Elegant Cars

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While there are thousands auto body mechanics in the U-S, only a handful have been able to turn their work into a specialized art form.

One of those artists lives in the North Country re-creating some of the world’s most elegant automobiles.

Banging sound

In a shop in Bethlehem Joe Stafford is beating – ever so carefully - an aluminum panel.

He’s practicing a craft that goes back at least 80 or 90 years: Creating exquisite automotive bodies largely by hand.

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Here's What's Awesome
12:28 pm
Tue November 8, 2011

My Doctor The Car: A Ride That Could Detect Heart Attacks

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Ever used one of those machines at the gym where you can place your hands on the grips and it'll track your heart rate? German scientists - probably the ones who spend a lot of time working out  - wondered if they could put those sensors in the steering wheel of a car to detect driver stress.

The sensors in the steering wheel can measure vital signs of the driver. Heart rate. Check. Stress. Check. Blood pressure. Check. While the system can be used to check for vital signs, it may also be used to detect more serious conditions like a heart attack.

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