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£5k UK Government Subsidy For My Tesla

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£5k UK Government Subsidy For My TeslaThe UK government has announced that they'll give me up to £5000 towards my first electric or hybrid vehicle sometime in 2011. Very nice. Thank-you very much. Of course, if I'm going to go green, I want to be sure it's 100% leccy and the only leccy car to go for is the Tesla Roadster (the red one) with its ...
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Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year 2008: Hypermiling

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The Oxford American Dictionary (it's a special book for words like color and aluminum ;-) ) has announced it's Word of the Year 2008: Hypermiling. “Hypermiling” was coined in 2004 by Wayne Gerdes, who runs this web site. “Hypermiling” or “to hypermile” is to attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s car and one’s driving techniques. ...
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TopGear Made Me Cry

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TopGear Made Me CryAs is common in a lot of households in the UK, Sunday evenings at 8pm is TopGear time. For those who don't know, TopGear is the best car program I've ever seen and it's broadcast on BBC 2 every Sunday at 8pm. This week's episode has got to go into the history books as one of the funniest episodes of ...
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Night Driving

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Last night, on the way home from work, was the first time I've driven my car in the dark. Once again, I was impressed by the little things. The automatic dimming interior rear-view mirror is pretty cool and works really well. Bright light coming in through the rear windscreen seems to activate a darkening filter which appears to cut out ...
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