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Ford shares 2012 Focus ST images with Facebook fans

Ford is giving Facebook users front-row access to new photos and video showcasing the progress of its first global performance car, the 2012 Focus ST. In anticipation of next year's launch, more than 300,000 fans of Ford's Focus page on Facebook can view the latest videos and photos of the ST in its final stages of development. The content highlights technology and performance features that contribute to the car's practicality.

Car sales rise as shutdown ends

DETROIT -- Combined U.S. sales by the Detroit 3 rose 14 percent last month, helped by strong demand for sedans and pickups and an increase in showroom traffic after the partial government shutdown ended. General Motors reported a 16 percent gain after losing market share in August and September.

Volvo Group plans wirelessly charged bus line

There's one bit of futuristic transportation technology that seems to get trotted out almost as often as autonomous cars, electric cars and flying cars: Inductive, or wireless, charging for city buses. It's not as sexy or as memorable as the perpetually out-of-reach commuter-grade Harrier jet, but it uses proven technology (GM's EV-1 uses inductive charging, as do electric toothbrushes) to save or eliminate fuel and to reduce emissions. And unlike the flying car, induction-charged buses are hardly fantasy: They've been used in European cities for over a decade, South Korea started testing a fleet last year and Utah got in on the act recently.