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In the movie "fast & furious." this car is a dangerous car. notoriously difficult to drive. "auto week" quoted a top driver saying it is scary. this is not a streetcar. it is a toy. this is almost a half million dollar car you dont want to drive unless you are a professional. a semiprofessional was driving it. someone who had won trophies driving porches in fact. but it was too much for him to handle. and now to the commuter train crash in new york city. the train was traveling 82 miles an hou...

Was there when they -- the coroner was there. they were working to extract the bodies, remove them and take them back to the los angeles to the morgue for the autopsy. the scene there, you could still smell the smoke in the air. probably could still now. its a wide industrial park or business park road and it was probably pretty deserted on a saturday afternoon. this car that is now destroyed, originally cost $450,000. it is only in the eight years it had been on the road, been driven 3200 miles...

Stop burning so much of whatever it is. but could we ever have electric stations instead of gas stations or is that pipe dream? joining us is mark vaughn, the editor of auto week, and ceo of the ev grid. and mark, is there a market here? >> the thing -- the simple answer is yes. i own an electric car. most people once they get in one and realize they commute back and forth every day in an electric car, they find out it costs less. you can pay under $20,000 to buy an electric car. and to fuel it,...

The race in a couple of times in 2012. i think with everything thats gone on this year, its given me great momentum for 2012 and thats what im most excited about. martha: thats dan wheldon speaking about his success earlier this year, and just a total tragedy for everybody who was watching this and who loved him and loves the sport. ill joined now by one of those people, dutch mandel is editorial director and associate publisher at auto week. welcome, an our thoughts are with you and everybody w...