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VW Lawyer

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Volkswagen

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Oslo to Become the First Major City to Ban Cars From Its Center

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2015 Norway's capital plans to permanently ban all cars from its city center by 2019, becoming the first European capital to do so. It will also create more than 35 miles of bike lanes and invest heavily in public transportation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Volkswagen’s Deception May Have Caused Almost a Million Tons of Extra Pollution Every Year

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2015 Volkswagen’s rigging of emissions tests for 11 million cars may be responsible for up to nearly a million tons of air pollution a year worldwide, according to a Guardian analysis. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Amazing New Green Cars at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 18, 2015 It was great to see the concept cars of the future at the Detroit Auto Show Saturday afternoon. But if you know me, you know I was there for news about electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Toyota’s Mirai Is the Car of the Future

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 18, 2014 The world's biggest automaker is betting that hydrogen is the future of automobiles, so it's calling its first mass production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle Mirai, the Japanese word for "future." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal

By Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch Nov 17, 2014 On the brink of a new, post-bankruptcy beginning, Detroit is really two cities. One is comprised of wealthy enclaves linked to a compact, rapidly redeveloping downtown. The other is made up of the rest of the 139-square-mile urban expanse, populated by longtime residents who have fought for decades to survive in an environment that has become increasingly uninhabitable. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Takata Airbag

Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News Nov 16, 2014 Dig deeper

Elon Musk’s Nevada Gigafactory May Save the World (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 6, 2014 It will take time to de-suburbanize the U.S. and move habitations and jobs back into manageable cities, but the world doesn’t have that much time. That's why Tesla Motors' new gigafactory is very, very good news. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )