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Britain's Axon claims that its newly patented mass-production techniques will make carbon composite car frames and bodywork even cheaper than their metal counterparts - and only 40% as heavy. What a revolutionary technology this could be - the power to weight ratio of any vehicle on the planet could be dramatically increased for no extra cost! The company plans to release a highly affordable 500cc passenger car making at least 100mpg from a basic petrol engine in 2010, and Axon is confident its simple, lightweight solution to the fuel economy challenge will be highly competitive against the big competition in the Progressive Automotive X-Prize contest... Tags: Affordable, Automotive, Axon, Carbon Fibre, Environmental, X-PrizeRelated Articles: Free Spirit: the world’s lightest wheelchair World's First Steel and Aluminum Joining Technology Using Friction Heat U.K. team researches thinner, cheaper solar cells Caterham Seven Roadsport delivers 131 miles per gallon Pimp my axe:

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DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX (MARKET WIRE) Drivers in Texas continue to pay nearly four dollars a gallon for gasoline with the state average sitting at $3.98, and gasoline here remains below the national average of more than $4.11. Still, in Texas motorists are paying nearly $1.04 more than they did one year ago today.

WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ (MARKET WIRE) Coates International, Ltd. (the "Company" or "Coates") (OTCBB: COTE) is pleased to announce that the Company will be releasing a general stockholders' update on all projects very shortly. Please do not contact the Company for information as to its business progress, etc., because the Company cannot divulge information of that nature to individuals. Coates International, Ltd. is a fully reporting public company trading on the NASDAQ OTCBB, Level II, Symbol COTE, and must abide by the SEC Rules and Regulations regarding insider information.