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Each time drivers across the country fill up at a gas station, a small portion of the final sale price is going to fund the planning and implementation of a new tax on motorists in San Francisco, California. Later today the San Francisco County Transportation[...]

Together with Motor Trend and Automobile, XM has launched the second year of the Editors' Coolest Car Challenge: from Sixty-Four cars to One. The challenge invites car enthusiasts to test their automotive-acumen by choosing from 64 XM-equipped new vehicles[...]

It's been more than two years since Mike Williams and Rich Cahan of City Files Press initially approached me with the idea of doing a snapshot book so I'm very pleased to announce that the book is finally done and available for pre-order now (click here[...]

More than fifty years ago, General Motors' traveling Motorama showcased dramatic concept "Dream Cars" as interpretations of future automobile design. From 1949 through 1960, expressive vehicles including the Cadillac Lemans and Firebird I traveled the[...]

A group that keeps tabs on toxic car chemicals has released a study showing that new cars are improving in terms of the amount of interior toxins they off-gas: What we euphemistically call "new car smell." General Motors, Mazda and Nissan showed the greatest[...]

(Proudly cross-posted at Clintonistas for Obama) How many of you attended your local Platform for Change event(s)? I did... As well as a reporter from my own local paper and several dozen local Democrats. Oh yes, and so did one of our terrific local Democrats[...]

The Washington state Supreme Court ruled last Thursday that police may not arrest all occupants of an automobile merely because it smells of marijuana. The case began on April 6, 2006 while Lacee Hurley was driving with passenger Jeremy Grande. State[...]

Small Cars and Hybrids Lead the Automotive Environmental Index Top 30. Photo: Smart Fortwo View Larger Picture According to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Alternative Powertrain Study released today, while most automotive manufacturers have shifted[...]

Attorney James Aguirre was elected to the State Bar Board of Governors, the Metropolitan News-Enterprise reported. Aguirre is the lead attorney at Richardson and Fair's Los Angeles office and house counsel to the Automobile Club of Southern California.[...]

Researchers at a facility in New Mexico have reached a significant milestone in their hopes of producing biodiesel from algae. This story from the Carlsbad (NM) Current Argus has details: The Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management recently[...]