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		<title><![CDATA[Insurers Pick Safest Cars]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Automakers Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen lead the industry's annual list of safest new vehicles. Plus: Consumer prices show a surprise jump.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:07:25 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BMW suffers 74% fall in profits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BMW stunned investors on Tuesday with a larger than expected drop in third quarter earnings, providing a blow to hopes that the worst in the premium car market could be over.BMW's shares fell by more than 5 per cent after the world's largest premium carmaker said its profit after...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:24:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's Getting Hot in Here: The High-Stakes Debate Over Fuel Economy and Climate Standards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to read between the lines of public hearing testimony, and thatâ€™s never truer than in the high-stakes negotiations over fuel-economy and climate standards.    Automotive Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAFE standards have been notoriously stagnant, barely changing for 20 years. But in May, automakers, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:21:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Frequent Styling Changes Increase Market Share, Study Says]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, I reported on a CNW Market Research study claiming that todayâ€™s auto buyers are fickle, with only 20 percent choosing to stick with the brand theyâ€™d most recently bought. But now a Virginia Commonwealth University studyÂ says that the most important reason consumers switch brands is a failure to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:29:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-Ford CEO Nasser Predicted Growth in Automotive Services]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's auto manufacturers and car dealers want to sell you a lot more nowadays than cars, parts and repairs, like a growing menu of Internet-based information and entertainment. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:19:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Budget-Minded Car Companies Ditch Auto Shows]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world's automakers are getting more global all the time, except in one respect: The big international automobile shows are getting less international and more hometown oriented. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:19:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Daimler and TQEV discuss electric van partnership - Rumour]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ China-based Tianjin Qingyuan Electric Vehicle TQEV is in discussions with Daimler to develop an electric version of a van manufactured by the German car maker in China, according to Reuters. The firm is reportedly in talks with other car makers including Hyundai Motors and BAIC joint venture Beijing Hyundai...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:05:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Cars for Idiots": Carmakers Get Personal About New Technology]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes carmakers take the competition personally, especially when new technology is involved. Toyota executives recently went out of their way to disparage the plug-in hybrid even though their own company is building one.    Irv Miller, Toyotaâ€™s group vice president of environmental and public affairs, told me back...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:32:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can Car Makers Survive Without Cash for Clunkers?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government's cash for clunkers program has invigorated car showrooms across the country. Now that the program is ending, however, auto makers will have to make it on their own. Tony Guida reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:14:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cash For Clunkers Or The F-22?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration has announced that the three billion dollar "Cash for Clunkers" will end on Monday the 24th of August.  They are advising dealers to stop writing these kind of deals.  The program supposedly burned through the money in less then six weeks.  The program initially...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:03:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BMW eyes Peugeot tie-up for Mini]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BMW is examining whether to share platforms with French rival PSA Peugeot Citroën for its Mini small car, it emerged yesterday, as the German premium carmaker returned to profit in the second quarter on the back of cost-cutting.Norbert Reithofer, BMW's chief executive, said BMW was talking to Peugeot about...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toyota raises outlook for the year]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Toyota Motor, the world's biggest carmaker by sales, suffered a Y77.8bn ($818m) net loss in its fiscal first quarter as it struggled to adjust to the worst car industry downturn in decades.However, the Japanese manufacturer was more optimistic about its prospects for the year to next March, updating its...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Best Time to Buy a Car Is ... Right Now]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Big Three are finally starting to become more rational and efficient. That's good news for the economy and for U.S. taxpayers, but car buyers may not be so thrilled. Here are three things to keep in mind.            ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[More Ethanol in Gasoline? Automakers say it will "Damage" Cars]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some 54 ethanol producers, grouped together under Growth Energyâ€™s banner, are carrying the torch for dramatically increasing the amount of ethanol in pump gasoline from 10 to 15 percent. Will they succeed? There are technical and political arguments to be made on both sides, but for now the momentum seems...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:02:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[California to Regulate Tailpipe Greenhouse Gas]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10001827/california-to-regulate-tailpipe-greenhouse-gas/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If there was any doubt that tomorrowâ€™s cars will be a lot cleaner and greenerÂ than todayâ€™s, it was erased yesterday when the Environmental Protection Agency granted California the right (from this year to 2016) to enforce tough greenhouse gas standards for tailpipes. The move had been widely expected, but the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:18:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ford Speeds Up Green Research]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While General Motors and Chrysler are scaling back in the face of record losses, Dean Reynolds reports that major U.S. automaker Ford will be investing in studying green technology.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:34:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toyota Cruises On]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite reported losses of billions of dollars in 2008's fourth quarter, U.S. Toyota manufacturers have managed to avoid mass layoffs similar to their competitors. Jeff Glor reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Paint it Green: Automakers Adjust Their Climate Argument]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10001116/paint-it-green-automakers-adjust-their-climate-argument/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The auto industry is still strongly opposed to granting California a waiver to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks which essentially means regulating fuel economy, but now it is approaching the matter from a distinctly green point of view.    The issue has deadline urgency, because,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:53:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tesla's Sexy, Electric Model S: Well Timed?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what sounds like a cruel paradox, forecasters at Cambridge Energy Research Associates are predicting that todayâ€™s record low oil prices are short-circuiting investment in new supply, which could mean a dramatic escalation at the pumps when the economy recovers.    The rising chorus gives new urgency to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:39:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EV Manufacturers are Plugging Into Available Federal Money]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/1000941/ev-manufacturers-are-plugging-into-available-federal-money/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The race is on to build lithium-ion battery factories in the U.S. Last week, I reported that the Norway-based Think Global, which makes the City electric car, was applying for funding from the Department of Energyâ€™s $25 billion Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program. CEO Richard Canny said that he is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:29:23 -0700</pubDate>
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