Google’s self-driving car makes D.C. Council members giddy

Marveling over what they billed as the potential future for getting around town, D.C. Council members Mary Cheh and Tommy Wells took a quick spin Thursday in Google’s new self-driving car. Cheh (D-Ward 3), chairwoman of the Committee on the Environment, Public Works and Transportation, and Wells (D-Ward 6) rode about 10 blocks in the self-driving Toyota Prius following a briefing with Google ...

BYU students win at Formula Hybrid competition

PROVO -- More than 7,500 hours of work paid off for 16 BYU students and their adviser last week when they were awarded first place at the international 2012 Formula Hybrid competition. The mechanical

Peugeot RCZ Saluted Again as Best Sports Car with a Hat Trick of Diesel Car Magazine Awards

•Desirable Sports Coupé is top-choice in awards•Third consecutive year for RCZ in DieselCar awards•It out-performs newer competitors to win again(PRWEB UK) 16 May 2012 The Peugeot RCZ HDi 163 has again beaten stiff competition to win the much-sought-after DieselCar Sports Car award, out-classing the MINI Roadster and Vauxhall Astra GTC into runner up spots.DieselCar editor, Ian Robertson ...

Jay Leno gets a Tata Nano for his garage

American comedian Jay Leno donned a cream coloured 'sherwani' to welcome a Tata Nano car to his garage.

Shun freebies, cut costs, French ministers told

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande tried to distance himself from his conservative predecessor's showbusiness style on Thursday, ordering his ministers to cut transport costs, refuse freebie holidays, and surrender expensive gifts. The guidelines were contained in a code of ethics presented to the first meeting of his 34-member left-wing cabinet that he unveiled after an ...