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Interview With Jay Rogers Part III: Building Your Rally Fighter Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:50 PM PST This is Part Two of a three part interview with Jay Rogers, CEO of Local Motors. They recently displayed their Rally Fighter at the 2009 SEMA show and look to change the way cars are designed, and built. Read Part One here and Part Two here. In the previous two installments of my interview with Jay, we discussed how he turned to an entire community of car designers to decide which car to build, and how to build it. Truth be told, Jay was asking a lot from this community of car fans. They have spent countless hours designing, redesigning, and re-re-redesigning their sketches and ideas in hopes of one day seeing their cars brought to life (as well as winning a small cash prize). How could Jay repay such die-hard dedication? The answer is pretty simple. He was going to take the typical car buying experience, and turn it on its head. Find out how after the jump. Read more of this story »

Broad Coalition of Auto, Boat, Motorcycle, and Many Other Associations Urges EPA to Move Slowly in Adopting E15 Standard Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:41 AM PST In a concise letter to the heads of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, and Department of Agriculture as well as to the White House, a broad and diverse coalition of major consumer and industry associations has implored the EPA to slow down as it heads towards what seems to be a quick decision on allowing E15 (85% gasoline, 15% ethanol) blends to be sold at fueling stations for use in all vehicles—even those not originally designed for use with ethanol. The letter writing coalition* represents virtually every retail gasoline provider, virtually every automobile manufacturer and a large majority of motorcycle, marine, and non-road equipment manufacturers in the US. The EPA already allows the use of up up to 10% ethanol blends (E10) in all gasoline-powered vehicles and many states have adopted their own rules regarding the subject. Owners of small engined machines have been generally resistant to the ethanol blends, saying that higher amounts of ethanol can harm them. Read more of this story »

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