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Indystar.com:
Mark Harrell is the owner of Harrell’s Car Wash Systems, a 70-employee operation that operates, builds and sells car-wash systems in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. That business has left him quite well off.
But Harrell is about to embark on a creation that just may make him the king of the road — nationwide.
Harrell has invented […]
BusinessWeek:
Watching a program on Brazil’s ethanol-fueled cars one evening in his Streeterville home, Mitch Sremac wondered: What would it take for people in the U.S. to start running their cars on alcohol, too?
For today’s fleet, his answer was a fuel-conversion kit. After 18 months of tinkering and $1 million from friends and family, Sremac, 55, […]
The New York Times:
As the price of gasoline quadrupled over the last decade, American drivers seemed to defy the laws of economics by pumping more into their vehicles year after year.
But this is the year American drivers appear to be finally succumbing to price shock at the pump, according to a new report by […]
KY3 News:
A local man’s invention may help people get more miles per gallon of gasoline in their vehicles. Ed Hula is a football coach in Buffalo, and a former science teacher.
A lot of people use their garage to fix a car that has a problem. Hula has been working in his garage to try to […]
SacBee.com:
Dionna Mustybrook suspects you’ve got a bad habit but don’t even know it: Using your foot to kick open the car door.
“I think everybody does it at one time or another,” says the 33-year-old Sacramentan, who’s devised a simple invention to avoid the resulting scuff marks: “The Doorkick,” a soft pad that’s affixed to a […]
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I have been searching the internet for weeks and weeks to attempt to come up with a catchy name for my used car lot. Is there any way that you can help me out with this? Do you have any links for me? Its going to have cars under $6,000. […]
Springwise:
10. Person to person parking space rental.
9. Stress-free car shopping.
8. Integrated auto insurance for teens.
7. Mobile car rental, wherever it’s needed.
6. Car dealership catches female fever.
5. Ridesharing with a social twist.
4. Insurance discounts for GPS-guided drivers.
3. Crowd clout & Japanese auto parts.
2. Zipcar uses mobile GPS to […]
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