Autos
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America loves pickup trucks. Can Elon Musk win drivers over with a Tesla 'Cybertruck'?
Nov 23, 2019 5:20 am - Tesla unveiled its long-awaited pickup on Thursday, a futuristic "Cybertruck" at a Sci-Fi-style event with gimmicks and a cheering crowd. Not everything went to plan. Du...
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The future of autonomous delivery may be unfolding in an unlikely place: the suburbs
Nov 16, 2019 5:22 am - On the muggy streets of suburban Houston, amid McMansions, bright green lawns and stately oak trees, a futuristic race is quietly afoot. The contestants are not people b...
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Vintage gas station collectibles from Ray's Auto Service in Mundelein on auction Nov. 16Nov 11, 2019 10:00 pm - Mention Ray's Auto Service to any car guy within 100 miles of Mundelein and the answer will always be "the place with all the great old gas station memorabilia." The sh...
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Self-driving Uber in 2018 crash wasn't designed to see jaywalkers
Nov 09, 2019 5:00 am - Uber Technologies Inc.'s self-driving test car that struck and killed a pedestrian last year wasn't programmed to recognize and react to jaywalkers, according to documen...
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Rare performance model got the dealer's golden touchNov 03, 2019 7:00 am - On April 7, a crisp day in 1967, Bobby Simonen went on the hunt for a new car. Joined by his dad, Eino, the duo got up early and drove 10 hours from their Sault Ste. Mar...
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Should you snap up a post-scandal Volkswagen diesel?
Oct 27, 2019 6:00 am - As outrage over the Volkswagen emissions-cheating scandal fades, the refurbished diesel vehicles are trickling back into the marketplace, and bargain hunters may want to...
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You can buy your dream car in Schaumburg, but first you gotta bid on itOct 24, 2019 1:00 am - Some are there for the nostalgia. Some come for the prestige. Others are looking for a project. Many are just there to look. And some don't know what to expect. But they...
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Elon Musk makes good on 'short burn of the century', 18 months later
Oct 24, 2019 1:00 am - (Bloomberg) As if Elon Musk wasn't already having a good day. With Tesla Inc.'s surprise quarterly profit pushing shares to an eight-month high, the automaker's CEO is f...
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1,000 vehicles will be auctioned over three days in Schaumburg this weekendOct 23, 2019 5:30 am - For the seventh year in a row, Mecum Auctions will bring its “home game” Chicago show to the Schaumburg Convention Center Thursday through Saturday. Though headquartered...
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These are the 20 richest people in the automotive industry
Oct 13, 2019 6:22 am - Siblings Susanne Klatten and Stefan Quandt own almost half of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG. The billionaires are descendants of Guenther Quandt, who built a German indust...