China's GAC shows stunning E-JET plug-in hybrid concept

China's GAC shows stunning E-JET plug-in hybrid concept: "While big names like Corvette and NSX hogged the spotlight, one of the most visually attractive vehicles at this year's Detroit Auto Show came from a name that may be completely unfamiliar to the western autophile. China's Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) had the E-JET concept perched in the hallway of Cobo Hall, providing a warm welcome to those that entered through the doors feet beyond. The concept combines eye-capturing styling with green engineering."

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The Hyundai Genesis gets high-tech with HCD-14 concept

The Hyundai Genesis gets high-tech with HCD-14 concept: "Unveiled the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, the HCD-14 Genesis is intended to showcase Hyundai's future design direction for rear-wheel drive premium cars. For a premium-sport, four-door coupe, the HCD-14 concept exhibits a surprising mixture of style choices, along with the inclusion of some interesting interactive technologies such 3D gesture tracking navigation control."

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ZT60 series leads Panasonic’s 2013 Plasma TV line-up

ZT60 series leads Panasonic’s 2013 Plasma TV line-up: "Despite the rise and rise of the LED flat screen TV, the humble Plasma is still a favored choice for home movie fans and color reproduction devotees – often with good reason. Panasonic’s 2013 offerings in this space are headed-up by the flagship ZT60 series, which the company put to task in a completely blacked-out booth alongside its predecessors at the Consumer Electronics Show."

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The VL Destino combines Fisker Karma styling with ZR1 power

The VL Destino combines Fisker Karma styling with ZR1 power: "America's smallest, newest and most expensive car company" – that's how Bob Lutz describes his new venture VL Automotive. Lutz, a former General Motors Vice Chairman, earned a name for himself as the "father of the Chevy Volt." It's interesting, then, that his latest venture involves taking the electricity out of a plug-in hybrid. Together with industrialist Gilbert Villereal, Lutz has designed the Destino, a restyled Fisker Karma that trades the hybrid powertrain in for something more potent."

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Making teleportation more energy-efficient

Making teleportation more energy-efficient: "An international team of researchers has achieved an important theoretical result by finding that quantum teleportation – the process of transporting quantum information at the speed of light, which could in theory be used to teleport macroscopic objects and, one day, even humans – can be achieved in a much more energy-efficient way than was previously thought."

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Fish out of water: The 2014 Corvette brings back the Stingray

Fish out of water: The 2014 Corvette brings back the Stingray: "You'd have to go back in time a long way to find the very first rumor about the C7 Corvette; the next-generation Corvette has been one of the most anticipated and talked about new car debuts of the past several years. At the Detroit Auto Show, Chevy finally ended the speculation and opened the seventh chapter of the Corvette, a chapter that's driven by a story of past meeting future. Like it or leave it, the new 'Vette is officially here."

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