Tesla Adds $40 Million to Its Coffers
 

The maker of the all-electric Roadster gets a much-needed boost to its dwindling cash balance. But will it be enough for the startup to make good on its promised 1,200 orders and weather the economic downturn?<br style="clear: both;"/>
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Japanese Lowriders Go Two-Wheeled
 

The newest trend from the land of Akira and booze vending machines: low-riding scooters that stretch the limits of the imagination.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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It's Time for Drive-Thru Voting
 

We're busy, self-involved Americans who don't want to spend our precious time in line, waiting to vote. So let us cast our ballots from the comfort of our own cars.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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Candidates Get Out the Vote Using Every Conceivable Method of Transportation
 

With election day upon us, McCain and Obama have shifted their focus from ripping each other to shreds to getting out the vote.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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40-MPG, 450-Horsepower Hydrogen Scorpion Unveiled
 

The Scorpion is drop-dead gorgeous, quick as hell and it runs on hydrogen. But not like you think.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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Project Runway: Testing How Tarmac Handles Jet-Plane Traffic
 

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<p><strong>Runways are not like highways.</strong> Instead of supporting mere 80,000-pound big rigs zooming by at 70 mph, landing strips must handle 1.2 million-pound planes taxiing at a pavement-stressing crawl. (Jets are going too fast during landing to do any real damage.) To ensure tarmacs can take the abuse, the Federal Aviation Administration maintains the <a href="http://www.airtech.tc.faa.gov/NAPTF/">National Airport Pavement Test Facility</a> near Atlantic City, New Jersey.</p>

<p>Soon the FAA will be investigating the effects of a vexing new trend: huge cargo jets with 10-wheeled landing gear, like Russia's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-124">Antonov AN-124</a>, that haul stuff like oil field pumps and locomotives. Just setting up the tests is a supersize endeavor. Before laying new pavement, engineers must rework the ground underneath&mdash;there's a big difference between, say, clay and sand. Then they layer on 50 inches of concrete or asphalt laced with up to 1,000 sensors. Finally, it's time to rev up the test vehicle (shown above), which runs on rails and uses hydraulics to apply downward force of up to 75,000 pounds&mdash;per wheel.</p>

<p>If trials show that the big birds damage runways, airports like Houston's George Bush Intercontinental&mdash;wh ich sees at least one Antonov a month&mdash;will have a tough decision: Rebuild the runways or tell oil companies to land elsewhere. Now that's pressure.</p><br style="clear: both;"/>
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The Chevy Volt Will Save GM (And Get the Girl)
 

The future of General Motors all but rests on the electric car that the company is scrambling to put into showrooms by 2010.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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