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Most of the concern leading into the start of Saturday’s Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona was for the new body styles for the Riley and Chevrolet Corvette prototypes. Engines, however, were the real problems. Chevrolet didn’t get the kind of welcoming party it wanted by returning to the Grand-Am Road Racing series when two of their top teams suffered engine…
The leading provider of search marketing software and agency services, Engine Ready, Inc., has announced that CEO Jamie Smith, has been invited to speak at the upcoming Online Marketing Summit (OMS) conference on February 8, 2012. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 28, 2012 The leading provider of search marketing software and agency services, Engine Ready, Inc., has announced that CEO…
Ford Motor said it earned $8.8 billion in pre-tax operating profit in 2011, almost all of it in North America, where company officials say a recovering economy will boost US auto sales to 13.5 to 14.5 million units this year. While it was Fords third year in a row of improved profits, the results were pinched by higher costs for…
FULL marks to Apple for devising ways to improve how science, mathematics and other topics are taught in primary and secondary schools across America. The company’s “Reinventing Textbooks” event last week showed how effectively Apple’s popular iPad tablet computer can replace the stack of tedious, and invariably outdated, textbooks that school children have to lug around these days (see “A…
The first is moving traffic. Its slow, tedious, and something many of us are unable to avoid on our daily commutes. Movement is movement though, which makes stationary traffic a hundred times worse. Not only are you not getting any closer to your destination, but as you sit there you may as well be chucking dollar bills into the breeze,…
The sweeping defense cuts outlined by Pentagon chief Leon Panetta will likely be felt all across the country, as the military moves to shrink the Army and push off several equipment purchases. But Connecticut companies could be particularly hard hit, as the Defense Department looks to postpone the ordering of submarines built along the states southern coast, as well as…
How do you turn technology nerds into political experts? Thats the question being asked by Engine Advocacy, a group dedicated to getting tech startups, entrepreneurs and technologists involved in shaping public policy. The goal of Engine Advocacy is to give entrepreneurial people and businesses a voice in the Washington policy arena that they haven’t before, according to co-founder Michael McGeary….
Art and food mixed at a dinner last Thursday at Engine 43, a private residence and social club in San Francisco’s Excelsior neighborhood, in the form of bricks served on a bed of hay. A nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization providing local coverage of the San Francisco Bay Area for The New York Times. To join the conversation about this article,…
The powertrain: The most innovative and sporty diesel engine in the world World’s most powerful six-cylinder in-line diesel engine, unique technology: M Performance TwinPower Turbo with three turbochargers and further developed common-rail injection system for the first time. Maximum output: 280 kW, peak torque: 740 Newton metres, instantaneous, linear power delivery across a wide rev band, maximum revs: 5,400 rpm. BMW EfficientDynamics: innovative…
In the beginning, there was the Monster Miata, which took a first-generation Mazda MX-5 and stuffed a 5.0-liter Ford V-8 between its front fenders. Production versions made around 225 horsepower, which was plenty of grunt to drive a car weighing just 2,100 pounds. The drawback to the swap was the weight of the Ford V8, which made the car nose…