Autos
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Elon Musk's strategy for taking on Uber and Lyft
Oct 22, 2016 7:17 am - Tesla made a splash when it said that all of its new cars will be equipped with self-driving hardware. Even though drivers won't be able to activate the fully autonomous...
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DeLorean to make a comebackOct 22, 2016 6:00 am - Great Scott! The iconic gull-winged DeLorean may be coming back! Last week, the DeLorean Motor Co. began accepting applications from those wanting to be placed on a rese...
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US confirms 11th death due to Takata air bags
Oct 20, 2016 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.'s defective air bag inflators. The Nationa...
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Cruising the old high school hangouts and highwaysOct 17, 2016 6:00 am - On most nights when Phil Martin was younger, he could be found roaring through what he and his motoring pals called the Green City - or lower Wacker Drive. The glowing e...
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Study: 70 percent of Americans ready to try a driverless car
Oct 16, 2016 7:17 am - Americans may be far more ready to hop into a driverless car than anyone thought, according to a new survey by the Consumer Technology Association. The CTA questioned 2,...
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Toyota recalls 340,000 Prius hybrid cars for faulty brakes
Oct 12, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. recalled 340,000 gas-electric hybrid Prius cars around the world Wednesday, 212,000 of them in Japan and 94,000 in North America, for a d...
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Study shows knowledge gap with in-car technologyOct 11, 2016 11:00 pm - DETROIT - Hyundai and BMW customers are the most satisfied with their in-vehicle technology, but those brands and others still need to work on educating drivers about wh...
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Father's passion for sports car is contagiousOct 10, 2016 6:00 am - Keith Van Sickle faced a tough dilemma. He was picking out a new car - sounds simple, right? But not in the summer of 1967 when there was an abundance of hot stuff avail...
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Driverless future? Not so fast say many Americans
Oct 08, 2016 7:16 am - Americans prefer the option to drive, even in a world where cars can drive themselves. A new study from Kelley Blue Book shows how Americans' affinity for driving could ...
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'Local Hero' rewarded for volunteerism with new vanOct 03, 2016 11:00 pm - Steve Karmgard has never let the traumatic injury that left him in need of a wheelchair hold him back. His aging modified van, on the other hand, was threatening to do w...