Experiments with electric propulsion have been around nearly as long as the dawn of the car industry in the early 1900s, a Progress Energy expert Mike Waters told Pasco county commissioners at a Tuesday workshop. It wasn't until the 1920s when cheap gasoline led to total dominance of the market by the internal combustion engine. ...more

November 14, 2009

I recall when I was a young lad and our family of five children, later to be seven, lived with my grandparents during World War II. ...more

February 13, 2009

The highest-priced goods that people buy besides their houses are their cars, which leads people to believe that we can't possibly let the American car industry die. We couldn't possibly be a real country and a powerful nation without our beloved auto industry, which is essential to our national well-being. This is what spokesmen for the Big Three say. ...more

January 25, 2009

Recession or not, a Texas-based car dealership chain is moving ahead with plans to buy the closed Bill Heard Chevrolet in Plant City. ...more

November 12, 2008

Volvo Cars said Friday it may have to cut 900 more jobs in Sweden in 2009 as the global car market continues to deteriorate. ...more

September 13, 2008

New refueling tankers, badly needed at MacDill Air Force Base and by our troops worldwide, are delayed yet again. ...more

July 13, 2008

Reaching higher and into the future is where Dennis Murphy, owner and president of New Port Lincoln Mercury, is heading. ...more

June 27, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Reaching higher and into the future is where Dennis Murphy, owner and president of New Port Lincoln Mercury is heading. A native of Miami, Murphy relocated to New Port Richey in May 1979 to open New Port Lincoln Mercury. ...more

June 21, 2008

One such car is the Dodge Challenger. Along with its sibling, the Plymouth Barracuda, it became an icon of American muscle and power. ...more

May 24, 2008

You won't hear the R-word much in the modest governor's mansion in Helena, Mont. ...more

February 24, 2008