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Wood gas vehicles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas

http://www.ekomobiili.fi/Tekstit/english_etusivu.htm


Apparently, they can use anything organic...........which leads to the ultimate car............the POO CAR!!!!
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Why do people do such awful things to cars?

http://www.sacvettes.com/2000Corvette/index.htm

A 'vette that's been butchered.
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Not a car, but f**king amazing:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1772849

Guy wear's a suit of wheels and goes down the Swiss Alps in the middle of traffic. Awe-inspiring.
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Pretty awesome race through Paris:

http://bhendrix.com/wall/Gmaps_GVideo_M ... zvous.html

Google mapped so that you can follow along.
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Ford to offer HD radio on pretty much every car:

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financia ... SU0PO0.htm

This wouldn't be as big a deal, but it seems to suggest that there's no monthly fee. That'd be nice if true.
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2000 bhp, world's fastest car, and street legal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtxfbxGz1u4

5 mpg at slow highway speeds must be a tad much, though.
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I think I could handle it. Seeing as my morning commute is to walk across the road.
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That guy in the wheel suit is pretty crazy.
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Ford supplies Boeing with multi-staged turbo hydrogen engine for UAVs:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=9400
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Ford and GM financed study says that clean diesel is your best bang for buck:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industrie ... m?csp=N008

Not exactly the result they were looking for as they're both pro-ethanol :lol:
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Toyota's newest option for your Camry:

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=72177

A robot playing the violin. But will it match your seat colour choice?
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THE JEW (RaVeN) wrote:Toyota's newest option for your Camry:

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=72177

A robot playing the violin. But will it match your seat colour choice?


That is really awesome...I think we're way behind in robot technology. We should have had robots cleaning our houses and washing our cars years ago!
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Not to be outdone, Honda creates a robot coffee server:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3f5_1197391719&p=1
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