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Hot on the heels of yesterday's news that the auto sales slump may be slowing comes news that venture capitalists are growing more adventuresome--at least in the field of clean technology. And for now, the big winner is the auto industry.

According to the Cleantech Group--a research firm based in San Francisco--94 clean technology outfits in North America, Europe, China, and India garnered nearly $1.2 billion in funds from venture capitalists during the second quarter of 2009. That figure is up about 12% from the first quarter of the year, although it's still 44% lower than the second quarter of 2008. The average funding round was $12.9...

♦  There's a lot of car bling on the market, but not everyone knows how to use it. We think the owner of this Toyota Camry did a pretty awesome job of walking the fine line between "80s futurism" and "chromed-out mid-life crisis". And hey: at least it gave gramps a weekend project. [Cardomain via Carscoop]

♦  Seems like everyone has an opinion about the GM bankruptcy--even Michael Moore, who's cooked up a nine-step plan to transform the General into a hulking mass of green goodliness. Knowing him, we thought there'd be 12 steps, but whatever. [TheDailyBeast]

♦  Speaking of GM: as if CEO Fritz Henderson didn't have enough...

♦  GM goes bankrupt, Susan Boyle loses a talent show, and a biogas-huffing Audi A4 (to your left) outraces a Bugatti? The 21st century is a strange and scary place. [Wired]

♦  Even the New York Times has gotten a little weepy over General Motors' fate. Check out their slideshow of reader photos of GM cars from yesteryear. And somebody cue up the Streisand. [NYTimes]

♦  Love the sound of turbocharging, but hate all that extra performance? Why not shove Turbo Whistler up your car's back end? Better yet, install it on your neighbor's car and see how long it takes him to figure out where that dang blasted noise is coming from....