Autos
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RPV, for when the family SUV just won't doNov 13, 2016 6:00 am - Rumors persist of an impending zombie apocalypse - and should that day come, be sure I'm jumping in this Terradyne Gurkha RPV, or rapid patrol vehicle. It's a brute of a...
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Elk Grove VFW raffling Chevy Corvette to raise fundsNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - Castle Chevrolet is announcing at the Elk Grove Village VFW Post 9284 Veterans Day ceremony that it will donate a 2017 Corvette to be raffled off in support of local vet...
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GM laying off over 2,000 at two factories as sales slowNov 08, 2016 10:00 pm - DETROIT - Shifting demand from cars to trucks and SUVS is forcing General Motors to lay off more than 2,000 workers indefinitely at two assembly plants in Ohio and Michi...
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Tesla inks deal to buy German manufacturing engineering firm
Nov 08, 2016 6:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Tesla Motors says it has agreed to buy a German engineering company to help automate its electric car manufacturing. The company is buying buy G...
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Family shares a father's labor of loveNov 06, 2016 10:00 pm - Joel Pena's first car was one special 1957 Chevy Bel Air. He purchased the vehicle as a 17-year-old in 1966 while living in McAllen, Texas. His cousin sold it to him for...
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Cross-country trips in electric cars are about to get easier
Nov 05, 2016 7:18 am - President Barack Obama is making it a little easier for electric car owners to make cross-country drives. The White House said Thursday that it's officially designating ...
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Automated cars could threaten jobs of professional drivers
Nov 03, 2016 7:00 am - Ronald De Feo has watched robots take factory jobs for years. Now he sees them threatening a new class of worker: People who drive for a living. "I am in Pittsburgh; it'...
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October U.S. sales fall as auto boom slowsNov 01, 2016 11:00 pm - DETROIT - It's a chilly autumn for U.S. auto sales. Sales of new cars and trucks fell an estimated 4 percent in October as consumer demand waned, according to Autodata C...
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Schaumburg Toyota to celebrate new facility Nov. 10Oct 31, 2016 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - Schaumburg Toyota, at 875 W. Golf Road, will celebrate the completion of its new dealership with a dedication ceremony on Nov. 10. Schaumburg Toyota recentl...
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Unlike transmissions, habits are hard to breakOct 30, 2016 11:00 pm - Some things never change for Kenneth Justen. For starters, he's never changed his hometown. He's stayed put his whole life in McHenry. Another constant is his need for s...