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Ford Recalling 470,000 Mustangs - Muscle Car Wars Show Softer Side

Seems that Ford is going out of its way to make sure your Mustang riding, no seatbelt wearing kids won't get overly clobbered in an accident. Ford is recalling 470,000 Mustangs between 2005 and 2008 vintage to recalibrate the airbag deployment force. Seems through internal testing, Ford has determined the airbag may injure wee ones when in the front seat and unbuckled, not a great scenario to begin with. The Blue Oval will be notifying owners early next month and the reprogramming can be done at Ford Dealers. [more at Forbes.com]

4:00 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,713 views, 33 comments

Latest by Nightwing: When I saw that Ford was recalling the Mustang I was actually curious to see how they messed up. This is nothing and for those of you who said a child should be riding in the back is correct. That's more »

alternative energy

BBC Discovers Air Car, We Chuckle At Fill Up Procedure

We heard about the Tata backed and French developed Air Car back in January and are intrigued by the brilliantly simple concept. It seems the Beeb has caught wind of it too and recently ran the coverage you see above. The numbers on it are pretty exciting for something running like an air compressor with its valves reversed. A top speed of 110 km/h and a range of 200 km makes it seem almost useful. Predictions on production dates are to be taken with a grain of salt, but claims of the end of the year are bandied about. Wonder if it will be an available option on the Tata Nano?

2:30 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
4,657 views, 38 comments

Latest by ZX2.0: This pollutes more than an IC-powered car. Compressors are no more efficient than car engines, and there's no way the compressed air engine is 100% efficient. So the tree hugger who runs the briggs & stratton air compressor to fill more »

innovation

15 Year-Old Invents Air-Powered Engine, Perpetual Motion

Maruf Karimov, a 15-year-old from Uzbekistan claims to have invented a technique that allows an internal combustion engine to run on compressed air. Because the engine can recharge its air tanks once it's started, it can run indefinitely. More »

3:45 PM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By Wes Siler
7,973 views, 49 comments