Turn Your New Ford Car Into A WiFi Hotspot Ford Motor Company has just announced that it will turn its vehicles into rolling WiFi hotspots. Ford introduces its second generation of SYNC (PDF). Ford Offers Secure Wireless Connectivity (Ford Dec 21, 2009): “Inserting an owner’s compatible USB mobile broadband modem – sometimes called an “air card” – into [...]

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Here’s A Great Solution to Power Failures Get into the Green Zone and save some green at the same time with this easy DIY solar project! The Sunforce 50044 60-Watt Solar Charging Kit gives you everything you need to run your laptop most of the day with free energy, and even more! Another fantastic reason to obtain a solar powered [...]

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Your Checklist Could Save Your Life Before you leave home in the winter, what you have in your car may determine whether you live or die. Especially if you’re going to be traveling in severe weather conditions on a long trip. Here are a few things you might need, especially on a long road trip: Winter Car Safety [...]

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Mark Your Calendar For A Disney Vacation When is the best time of the year to go to Walt Disney World? Summer you might guess? Anytime is the correct answer! Well summer is okay, but may not exactly be the best time. Why not? The climate in Florida is quite different than climates in the north. [...]

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Winter Snow Tires For Winter Driving There is a lot more performance in a winter tire than you think. The technology has come a long way in tire development. For example take the Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V1 Tire. The Blizzak DM-V1 is Bridgestone’s Light Truck/SUV Studless Ice and Snow winter tire developed for the drivers of pickup, [...]

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GM Chevy Volt Boasts 230 MPG! It is now official that the Chevy Volt has an EPA rating of 230 MPG in the city, as announced today by GM CEO Fritz Henderson. The combined city/highway average will be more than 100 MPG. The Volt should get up to 40 miles on electricity alone, on one single charge [...]

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The Solar Car Challenges A solar car is an electric car that is powered by solar panels. Photovoltaic cells convert sun into energy. Are solar cars ready for primetime? Probably not for most of us. That is, unless you you are ready to shell out $117,000 plus tax. If that’s not a problem, you might [...]

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Chongqing ChangAn Auto Sales Up 82% China’s Chongqing Changan Automobile Company Ltd (SHE:200625) has announced that sales were up 82% in July, from a year ago. They sold 107,863 units of vehicles in the month of July. ChangAn Motors of Chongqing, China, ranks 4th among the “Big Five” automakers in China. The other four are: [...]

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Fourteen States Have Banned Texting While Driving Do you text while you are driving? Don’t you think that it’s a dangerous habit? Many think it is dangerous, and at least 14 states are banning this habit. And this is attracting some controversy. States with the text messaging ban by 2010: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maryland, [...]

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Find The Speed Trap Locations Hate speeding tickets? Hate speed traps? Own a computer or a cell phone? Then here is a five star solution that can be used around the world! This system delivers data in real time. It’s definitely worth the trouble and it’s free. This sharing system is called Trapster. Speed traps [...]

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