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What It Is: Covered-up and cobbled-together prototypes of the 2014 Ford Fiesta hatchback and sedan. The subcompact hatch—and its four-door sibling—have been on sale in the U.S. since 2010, and these spy photos reveal the duo will soon get a mid-cycle face lift. Keep Reading: 2014 Ford Fiesta Sedan / Hatchback Spy Photos – Future [...]

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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, GM

More details are filtering in about yesterday's explosion at the General Motors Technical Center battery research lab in Warren, Michigan.

First, the number of people injured has climbed to five, with one taken to the hospital and four treated at the scene. The local deputy fire chief said none of the injuries were life-threatening. The fire department also told the local mayor that it was fumes from hydrogen sulfide that caused the explosion, but GM declined to comment on that aspect. We learned yesterday that a battery under "extreme testing" caused the explosion.

According to The Detroit News' David Shepardson on Twitter, "Chemical gases from the battery cells were released and ignited in the enclosed chamber. The battery itself was intact" and, "All areas of the Alternative Energy Center except for the battery lab and adjacent offices will operate normally on Thursday."

Unnamed sources have told the media that it was a prototype battery pack made by A123 that caused the fire. Fox News says that pack was being tested for use in the Chevy Spark EV and other all-electric vehicles. Batteries made by A123 were recently involved in a $55 million replacement effort in the Fisker Karma.

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As the final pre-season Formula 1 test kicked off at Barcelona last Thursday, there was a wave of expectation that what had previously been known - or at least pondered – about the current grand prix pecking order, would be validated, or at least hinted at.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/barcelona-formula-1-test-two-round-up

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Photo: Dani Simons Support for transit ran high at the first of two public hearings on the Tappan Zee draft environmental impact statement at the Palisades Mall in Rockland last night. A crowd pegged at 500 people packed into the hearing room and spilled out over into the hallway where union members milled next to mayors of [...]

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Feb. 27, 2012 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Finally, nothing out of the ordinary happened. In a Daytona 500 that featured the first postponement in its history, a ball of fire from a racecar vs. jet dryer collision under caution and a surfeit of wild action in the closing laps, [...]

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Little Big TownDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Country vocal quartet Little Big Town will perform a pre- and post-race concerts as well as the National Anthem for the 34th annual Budweiser Shootout on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Daytona International Speedway. Little Big Town will perform three songs prior to the non-points event on the pre-race stage...more»

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Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland leads by 16.8 seconds from compatriot Mikko Hirvonen after the first day of the Rally Sweden on Friday. The two Finns exchanged the lead throughout the day but Latvala stayed top after winning the eighth stage. Hirvonen won the rally in 2010 and 2011. Petter Solberg of Norway climbed to third place, 18.6 seconds behind Latvala, after winning the last two stages on fresh...

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No. 49 America Israel Racing Robinson-Blakeney Toyota Camry -Car FrontCar will prominently display both the United States and Israel flags CHARLOTTE, NC (February 9, 2012) – With under a month to go before the green flag drops on the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, America Israel Racing (AIR) has unveiled its unique paint scheme for...more»

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