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Cyclone Power Technologies (OTCQB: CYPW), developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, today announced that it has cleared comments issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on the Company's Form 10 registration statement, originally filed in July 2011.

Perhaps investors in General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) stock realized the company isn’t hiding like Toyota did a few years ago, but is taking on the negative press of the NHTSA investigation into a fire with a Chevy Volt after it was compromised by a NHTSA crash test.

Unlike companies that try to hide and make excuses, General Motors (NYSE: GM) laid bare its details about the preliminary evaluation of Volt battery assemblies, and defined de-charging the battery as a new safety protocol to any post-crash event.

Nothing tarnishes a leading automotive halo like multiple auto shows and competing technologies. It produces diminishing media attention; and that’s now beginning to happen to EVs, especially since the Green Car Journal chose Honda's nat-gas propulsion over electricity as the Green Car of the Year at the 2011 LA Auto Show.

Despite plenty of news about returning sales at the automakers like GM, Ford, Chrysler-Fiat, Toyota, etc., the auto stock sector reflects much pessimism due to the global economy especially for 2012. Question is, what will turn the auto sector stocks around from their bearish bias?

PHEV/EV technology for Fleets USA 2011 is the only event to focus solely on vehicles that run fully or partly off a pre-charged battery; and it is coming to the metro-Detroit area. The show runs from Nov. 30 - Dec. 1st.

Cyclone Power Technologies (OTCQB: CYPW), developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, today announced that its common stock has been up-listed from the pink sheets to the OTCQB.

CODA Automotive, with full presence at the 2011 LA Auto Show touting its 150 mile driving range EV, has teamed up with GE Energy for its GE WattStation(TM), a wall-mounted EV charging station.

Stock price dynamics as told by price-time charts do not lie. Today, General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) stock followed the direction of the general market by moving lower; but in the GM stock’s case, took a dive past price support one day before Option expiration Friday.

Watch out, Detroit. You may not have heard of CODA Automotive, but the company’s presence at the 2011 LA Auto Show proves that electric vehicles can indeed fit five people comfortably in a sedan category and still provide a 150 mile range.

Direct from its headquarters in Pompano Beach, FL, Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW), developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, announced its operational and financial results for the third quarter of 2011.

Good news for the future of steel investors. FutureSteelVehicle (FSV), a program of WorldAutoSteel, the automotive group of the World Steel Association, attends or is represented at just about every major automotive engineering show and conference for a reason: When the total vehicle's life cycle is taken into account in lieu of just tailpipe emissions, steel is the most environmentally and cost effective choice for auto makers.

Last July there was only the potential for a short squeeze on Tesla stock. A Torque News reader now laments selling too early, not holding on long enough to Tesla Motors (Nasdaq: TSLA) stock which broke past a key overhead resistance level.

The weekly chart of Toyota stock proves the dynamics of price do not lie, as the bearish fundamentals and problems of Toyota Motors hang on.

Blame the shift, not on better styling or better technology, but under-performing lease companies with unfavorable lease policies.

This is a classic case of buy on rumor, sell on the news, as General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) stock took a dive after beating quarterly earnings estimates. Question is, what factors are affecting GM stock price dynamics?

At the Power of Innovation media event, Bosch, whose name is ubiquitous within the auto industry supplier base, showed the media its technical advancement that will help automakers in their quest to reach the latest proposed federal CAFE mandate of 54.5 MPG by 2025.

Torque News along with other media organizations have been invited to join Bosch on Nov. 7, 2011, as the company brings together its leadership to address the latest market trends and technological advancements that will impact the car buying consumer – everything from smart navigation and driver assistance systems to estimates on the U.S. market penetration for diesels and hybrids.

Toyota stock was just trading over $69 last week; now it's treading water at the $64 level after the company announced it will maintain production cutbacks in Japan, North America and Southeast Asia, due to parts shortages resulting from the flooding in Thailand. Question is, what is Toyota stock's next price support level?

Praise the full electric vehicles (EV) for their coolness and potential to be fully green, but not potential to empty your pocketbook of its green dollars. Instead, stop-start vehicle technology will likely outperform, outsell and kick every EV in the rear bumper.

One would think before you make a statement to make a reservation for a 2012 Ford Focus Electric that the price range would be selected so the masses have waking chance of affording it. Not so with Ford.

Published data from extensive testing shows Achates Power engine is 20 percent more fuel efficient than a recently introduced, state-of-the-art, four-stroke diesel engine.

Who knew that details of an automaker’s lease program and transfer policies could have a significant impact on brand retention? And online car lease website LeaseTrader.com has the stats to prove it.

There is a time when technology transitions have to communicate a collective summary message; and this year’s The Battery Show in Novi, Michigan showed many forms of intelligent energy management, but the overall systems message still left as many questions as answers.

Before there ever was an EcoBoost engine, Ford sold tons of F-150 trucks as fleet vehicles with engines that were far more gas guzzling. Now, ALTe is ready to convert many of those trucks with its proprietary ALTe Green Box as shown at The Battery Show 2011.

BMW Head-Up Display implies precision driving, no less than its contribution in a fighter jet. Initially developed for aviation, head-up display technology by BMW is now making a decisive contribution towards driving safety with the addition of full color.

There have always been metal stamping companies in America’s industrial complex, but not all are adept at stamping parts and making custom assemblies at the same time. Small Parts Inc. showed enough of its capabilities at The Battery Show 2011 in Novi, Michigan to prove it is a company who can.

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) stock hit its book price a few weeks ago, but now has turned some kind of corner by breaking out of its 4-week high-low channel as well as its 5-day high-low channel. Questions are, now with its close today at 26.33, how long and how far might GM stock run? And will GM stock retest that low?

The Toyota brand may have held on to the sixth position in the Consumer Reports JD Power Survey, but Toyota Motors (NYSE: TM) stock is still clinging below its multi-year low, as well as below its 50-day moving average.

In tune with the theme of The Battery Show 2011 in Novi, Michigan, the new DOE on-line tool announced today helps consumers and businesses decide which efficient vehicles are right for them.