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An early Happy New Year from Fisker Automotive.
The fledgling Southern California plug-in-hybrid manufacturer says it will be introducing a new concept car at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next week, along with the 
Hmmmm. Wonder if the Sunset might be the 
Automotive News ranks the maiden journey of the Detroit Big Three CEOs to Washington to beg for bailout funds as second on its list of the 10 top automotive blunders of the year.
But Fortune magazine, even though surveying things with a bit more detachment, puts that ill-fated trip at 
Porsche, which 
Sad news.
Michelin, citing the "depth of the current economic crisis," said today it is cancelling the planned 2009 Challenge Bibendum -- a premier global showcase and test bed for alternative fuels and power train technologies.
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The 2007 Challenge Bibendum was held in Shanghai.
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The biennial green car event, which was to have taken place in Rio de Janeiro in april, will be held over until 2010, the French tire giant said.
In a brief statement, the company said the decision "takes into account the increasing financial constraints of several of Challenge Bibendum's traditional partners. Many will be unable to participate, to the extent that they have done in the past, in an even