Here are the stories that didn't quite make the news today:

  • This is a jet turbine-powered go kart. Boeing 502 gas turbine. 160 km/h (100 mph) go kart. Want. That is all. (YouTube)

  • Fiat's 500 compact car production recently passed the million-unit mark. (AutoBlog)

  • New international standards for how much noise too-silent electric cars will have to make may be settled on next year. (Daily Telegraph via Vancouver Sun)