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After weeks of mystery and speculation, today V-Vehicle Company (VVC), a San Diego firm backed by oil man turned environmentalist T. Boone Pickens finally revealed that it's the manufacturer setting up shop in Monroe, Louisiana to build a range of high-efficiency combustion-engine cars.

Earlier reports and rumors had a range of electric or hybrid cars being built at the former plant of industry supplier Guide. Instead, 1,400 jobs will be created to build regular gasoline-powered cars that focus on high mileage, reports local Monroe newspaper The News Star.

It's a bizarre announcement in the midst of the current economic and automotive...

Volkswagen has announced that its new Golf Plus BiFuel model is now available for order…in Europe. Running on LPG (liquified petroleum gas, or propane as we call it), the Golf Plus BiFuel reduces carbon dioxide emissions by about ten percent while—in Germany, where fuel costs are much higher—saving 6.10 euros per 100 kilometers (nearly 14 cents per mile) compared to gasoline.

As in most bi-fuel vehicles, the system employs two different tanks, with the ability to switch back and forth between LPG and gasoline with a toggle switch. It comes with a 55-liter (14.5-gallon) gasoline tank and a 43-liter (11.4-gallon) LPG tank built into the...