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With the 2012 Ford Edge, the Ecoboost engine is like having your cake and icecream, too.

The Edge is a tank of a car, big and chunky, weighing close to 4,000 pounds. The Ecoboost engine only has four cylinders, with displacement at 2-liters. That's the size of a soda bottle.

Yet with a turbocharger and direct...

A 100 kW wind turbine being constructed by SourceOne in Hempstead, New York to power the township's hydrogen production and fueling station.

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By building a wind turbine to power a hydrogen production and fueling station, a little hamlet in Long Island is positioning itself as the bellwether for carbon-neutral transportation.

The...

Getting from points alpha to bravo is cool. Getting there without going through a mind-numbing traffic jam is just the cat's pajamas!

These days, any old portable navigation device can accomplish the former, but the best differentiate themselves with their almost omniscient awareness of the roads between where you are and where you're going. A...