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...Murray's latest project is an environmentally friendly, compact commuter car - a change of focus he insists isn't as dramatic as it sounds. "Philosophically, they're quite similar," he says. "It's all about designing cars that are lightweight," which makes them highly efficient as well. The major difference between the two types of cars, however, is cost. Creating a lightweight, highly efficient car that is also affordable - not to mention cool and fun - is "the most challenging thing I've ever done," Murray says. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...done it he has. His team in suburban London recently unveiled the T.25 car - a three-seater made of flyweight composite materials that is smaller than a Smart car but has more interior room and gets 80 miles to the gallon. He's also started work on a $14.9 million project - partially funded by the British government - to develop four prototypes of an electric car, to be called the T.27, by February 2011. He promises the T.27 will be 27% more efficient than any other electric vehicle (EV), yet still capable of a top speed of 60 m.p.h...
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...Reports had at least five dead. One of those killed was the 35-year-old nephew of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi. Witnesses say one woman was run down and killed by a Basij member driving a car. And Monday saw a number of opposition figures arrested, including senior aides to Mousavi, as well as reports of more clashes. The opposition website Norooz claimed that police had fired tear gas to disperse a group of Mousavi supporters who were demonstrating outside the hospital where the opposition leader's nephew Seyed Ali Mousavi had been kept. (See pictures of the latest...
...Many dispersed only to regroup on the long walk west. Car horns blared furiously. "Allah-o Akbar" could be heard from rooftops all around...