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Michelin puts airless tires into production

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For over a 100 years, vehicles have relied on rubber tires filled with air to roll them down the road.

And while these tires have continuously improved in performance, efficiency and tread life, the basic design of a pneumatic tire and the way it’s mounted onto a wheel has remained relatively unchanged, until now.

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Toyota named world’s top selling automaker for second year in a row

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Toyota remained the top-selling automaker for a second year in a row, outselling American rival General Motors by roughly 270,000 vehicles in 2013.

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Volkswagen debuts seventh generation Golf to North America

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The seventh generation of the VW Golf made it’s first appearance in North America this week at the 2013 New York Auto Show. Despite being 2.2 inches longer and 0.5 inches wider, the new hatchback sheds 51 pounds through the use of high and ultra high strength steels.

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