HELSINKI (Reuters) - After the wikipedia, the wikicar. "eCars - Now!" is a Finnish Internet community seeking to apply the collective approach taken by online collaborators like the authors of Wikipedia to start converting used petrol-fuelled cars to ...

Are Japanese carmakers mulling carbon fiber cars? - BusinessWeek

One of the benefits of soaring commodity prices is that alternative technologies, often superior but more costly, edge closer to becoming viable. But surely reports that coming out of Japan today that carbon fiber-based cars could be ready for the ...

DA slams brakes on scam - Newsday

A financial scheme operating out of two Lawrence car dealerships - and uncovered during a murder probe - helped drug dealers, pimps and gang members buy luxury cars and keep their names off motor vehicle records, Nassau District Attorney Kathleen ...

Southborough ZBA rejects permit for used-car lot - MetroWest Daily News

The Zoning Board of Appeals last night voted to deny a Rte. 9 property owner a special permit to add a third use to his property for a small used-car sales lot. The Fayville Post Office and a single-family home now occupy space at the 67 Turnpike ...

YPD fleet sees setbacks - Vindicator

YOUNGSTOWN — With so many aging marked police cars off the road for repairs, operations are being affected, according to the Youngstown Police Department’s fleet manager. “The state of the marked fleet has reached crisis state,” Detective ...