Autos
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I rode in Google's self-driving car. This is what impressed me the most.
Mar 17, 2016 1:00 am - Google's self-driving car knows how to run yellow lights. But unlike regular humans, it doesn't have to guess whether it'll beat the countdown. Instead, it turns what fo...
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Old pickup deserves its modern modificationsMar 14, 2016 6:00 am - Spectacles like the 54th annual World of Wheels car show are all about going big. The event was held last weekend at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont...
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Paintless pickup grabs attentionMar 14, 2016 5:00 am - Having an all-steel 1932 Ford three-window coupe is cool. Having one that is rust-free - very cool. Having one that was built in California during the 1950s as a hot rod...
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Quirky cool crafts comfy on road or waterMar 07, 2016 4:58 am - You know that feeling when you can't help smiling? That kind of goofy ear-to-ear grin that isn't coming off, even with a 10-foot crowbar? Yep, that was me last Christmas...
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Scion a chip off the old Toyota block
Mar 05, 2016 10:00 pm - Toyota will discontinue its Scion division in August. It was bound to happen. It has nothing to do with bad product, lousy marketing or any other classic form of failure...
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For the first time, Google's self-driving car takes some blame for a crash
Mar 05, 2016 10:00 pm - A Google self-driving car sideswiped a bus this month, the first blemish on the otherwise spotless driving record of the company's vehicles. Google's 53 vehicles have dr...
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Rough-and-ready racer has high-class pedigreeFeb 28, 2016 10:00 pm - There was a lot of big news buzzing around this year's 2016 Race and Performance Expo. The local festival of fast has become quite the place to find parts and the resour...
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New Napleton GM focused on futureFeb 28, 2016 12:00 am - Jody Adams took to heart the advice his father gave him a long time ago. "He said if you find a job that you like, you will never work a day in your life," Adams said. "...
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Carmakers targeting tech buyers want to be like Apple
Feb 27, 2016 6:31 am - Carmakers are becoming a familiar sight at tech shows, where they're rolling out new models to woo a generation of consumers who question the need for a car that only ge...
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In motorcycles, retro is all the rageFeb 21, 2016 10:00 pm - It's been said that if you wait long enough everything old will be new once again. That sage idiom was readily seen at last week's Progressive International Motorcycle S...