America's marines are creating a smaller model FOB at their base in Quantico, near Washington, DC, to test systems for deployment in Afghanistan by mid-2010.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

The NYT reviewer, John Broder, wrote that during the test drive from Washington DC to Connecticut, the power had drained sooner than expected, forcing him to turn down the heating and drive below the speed limit.

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As someone who has driven the car, and liked it a great deal, I was surprised by how badly it fared during the Times test drive up I-95 from Washington, DC to New York City (it failed miserably according to author John Broder).

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