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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MARKET WIRE) San Francisco sped into the history books at Red Bull Soapbox Race today as Team Trash flew down Dolores Street at 38.5 miles per hour in front of a record crowd of 100,000 revelers. Thirty-three teams in human-powered crafts ranging from the Transamerica Building to a doughnut, from a hammerhead shark to a trailblazing toaster and from the Star Wars Death Star to the Golden Gate Bridge brought silliness and style to the City by the Bay at the non-motorized sprint against the clock.

Britain's Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Formula 1 GP on Sunday but was denied the World championship by title rival Felipe Massa, who finished second after team mate Kimi Raikkonen ceded the place.

The BMW Group will be the world's first manufacturer of premium automobiles to deploy a fleet of 500 all-electric vehicles for private use in daily traffic.

Nissan Motor Co and Al Dahana have established a joint venture company - Nissan Gulf - to enhance Nissan's marketing and sales strategy in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Bahrain, with the aim of selling 160,000 vehicles a year by 2012. The four markets together are expected to account for more than 40% of Nissan's sales in the region by 2012, according to a statement.

A Peugeot 308 1.6 HDi has covered 1689.7km across South Africa on one tank of diesel to achieve a fuel consumption figure of 3.4 litres/100km.

SEATTLE -- Owning an electric vehicle requires more than global-cooling ambitions. It takes guile, planning, sharp vision, a silver tongue -- and a 50-foot extension cord.

Merger talks between automakers Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp leaves Michigan politicians stuck with conflicting feelings:.

For years, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have been the far-off technological bets of the auto industry - the car that holds the promise of gasoline-free driving.