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		<title>The Ionic Pro Car Ionizer&#8211;Freshen Your Car</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enviroment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air freshener]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car gadget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car ionizer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face it, folks, our cars STINK.
Fast food, sweaty feet, coffee, and everything else add up to make a pretty unpleasant smell in the car.  That whole &#8220;new car smell&#8221; doesn&#8217;t last any too long once you drive it off the lot, and car air fresheners are a joke.  In some places they&#8217;re even illegal!  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aptera 2e EV Production Stalled!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concept Cars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[forefathers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hasty decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long wait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money considerations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[score]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/?p=13030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Aptera 2e, that all-electric car that has made consumers’ minds roll on what is really the score with the whole design will be delayed. This was learned after Aptera announced that the Aptera 2e will start production in 2010. Originally, this vehicle was to start production this year but apparently some money considerations has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foldable Traction Mats Keep You From Getting Stuck</title>
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		<comments>http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/foldable-traction-mats-keep-you-from-getting-stuck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[car gadget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foldable traction mat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mud]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[traction mat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now, I don&#8217;t know how many of you have ever gotten stuck in the mud or in snow while driving, but I can tell you this much&#8211;I certainly have.  And I would have absolutely loved to have a gadget like this while trying to get myself OUT.
It&#8217;s the Foldable Traction Mat, and they&#8217;re essentially piece [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electronic Deer Alert Warns Away The Biggest Wreck Causer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[car deer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car deer collision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deer season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronic deer alert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronic pulses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all know the dangers of driving after dark in the months of, roughly, October and November.  With deer season starting and the deer in rut as well, there&#8217;s a lot more of them out and a lot more of them moving than there were.
And we&#8217;ve all heard about plenty of products that purport to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Electric Humvee in our future?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Rollins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enviroment]]></category>

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Considering the Hummer&#8217;s reputation for guzzling gas is nothing short of infamous, it is hard to believe that the Humvee will soon become electric.  Yes, it is true, as EnerDel is joining up with the U.S. Army to create a green Humvee.  And by green, I mean good for the environment electric, not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Throws Twenty Million Into Car Batteries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enviroment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[johnson controls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us-french partnership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right, twenty million dollars in tax credits went from the beleaguered former auto giant state into the hands of a US-French partnership set up to build lithium-ion batteries for Ford.
The twenty million in tax credits will be handed out over the course of three years to Johnson Controls, a subsidiary of Parisian firm Saft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boliva to produce lithium-ion batteries by 2018</title>
		<link>http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/boliva-to-produce-lithium-ion-batteries-by-2018/</link>
		<comments>http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/boliva-to-produce-lithium-ion-batteries-by-2018/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enviroment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[batteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bolivia]]></category>
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The world wide auto industry is making the push towards greener and more fuel efficient vehicles. One of the key components currently used in these green vehicles are lithium-ion batteries which are currently manufcatured all over the world.
Today, a country that you probably wouldn&#8217;t expect to be a key player in the game has announced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tesla Roadster achieves 313 miles on one charge</title>
		<link>http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/tesla-roadster-achieves-313-miles-on-one-charge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Rollins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enviroment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category>

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Today, a new world record has been made for fastest speed for a battery-powered vehicle: 313 miles on a single charge.  The drivers were Simon Hackett and Emilis Prelgauskas, and the car was a 2008 Tesla Roadster.  
The place was Austrailia as part of the Global Green Challenge.  By the way, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Current Frontrunner in the Alto Green Challenge?  The Alto, Who Else?</title>
		<link>http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/current-frontrunner-in-the-alto-green-challenge-the-alto-who-else/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enviroment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alto Green Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hybrid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Suzuki Alto]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/?p=12390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t really look good to win your own sponsored race, but at the same time, if you can&#8217;t manage to win the race you set up you end up looking pretty incompetent.
Thus, it&#8217;s not exactly a huge surprise that the Suzuki Alto is out in front and looking pretty good on its fuel consumption.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honda to make more hybrids?</title>
		<link>http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/honda-to-make-more-hybrids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Rollins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 Vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alternative Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enviroment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
What you see there is the concept 2009 Honda Skydeck, which we may never see.  Something that we might see is some more hybrids from Honda.  Supposedly the company is working on &#8220;developing its proprietary Integrated Motor Assist hybrid platform so that it can once again be used to power larger vehicles like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks to the soft-top, Jeeps will sell in California</title>
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		<comments>http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/thanks-to-the-soft-top-jeeps-will-sell-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Rollins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chrysler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enviroment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/?p=12400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who don&#8217;t know about California&#8217;s &#8220;cool cars&#8221; regulations, itis a policy that requires auto manufacturers to install windows that prevent 45 percent of the sun&#8217;s energy from entering a vehicle by 2014, and then 60 percent by 2016.  Yeah, you got to love Calli-forn-ia (how the governor says it) and its stringent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Trouble With Going Green</title>
		<link>http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/chinas-trouble-with-going-green/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enviroment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas cars]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/?p=12348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a strange dilemma China has on its hands.  And most Chinese will probably never even see this blog due to the massive censorship on its hands.
We all know that China&#8217;s so polluted that their air makes Los Angeles smog taste like a crisp mountain stream.  So naturally, they&#8217;re really putting the push on to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>X-Prize In Home Stretch&#8211;Winners Announced September 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/x-prize-in-home-stretch-winners-announced-september-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[auto insurance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/?p=12350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Much Ado About Nothing department, the Progressive Automotive Insurance X Prize committee has announced that the next round of competitors for the big ten million dollar prize has moved on to the next rank.
Only forty three out of the original one hundred eleven teams are still in the running for this title, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They&#8217;d Really Rather You Not Drive A Car In England</title>
		<link>http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/theyd-really-rather-you-not-drive-a-car-in-england/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enviroment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Engalnd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great britain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/?p=12344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How can I tell?  Well, considering that they&#8217;re planning a massive new set of tax initiatives targeting anyone who buys or operates a vehicle, it sure SEEMS like they don&#8217;t want you driving anywhere.
How massive, you ask?  Well, in terms of US dollars, you can figure that they&#8217;re planning to add roughly FIVE GRAND in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota Prius claims Car of the Year at Tokyo Motor Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Rollins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enviroment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category>

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I don&#8217;t know if this comes as any surprise, but the Toyota Prius has won the car of the year at this year&#8217;s Tokyo Motor Show.  Considering that this is the 30th anniversary of the show, the Prius was lined up with the winners from all previous years including last year&#8217;s winner, the Toyota [...]]]></description>
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