Autos
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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...
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Bill Ford to Silicon Valley: The future of cars is in Detroit
Oct 30, 2016 7:13 am - Bill Ford is tired of hearing the future of cars belongs to Silicon Valley. Yet for years, the Apple and Google crowd have been telling him that only Big Tech can make d...
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Winter tires best on performance carsOct 30, 2016 6:01 am - By Doug McAllister Q. I have a BMW rear-wheel drive car and last year I really struggled to drive the car when the roads got snowy. It was actually scary to drive becaus...
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BMW recalls over 154K vehicles because engines could stall
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It's never a drag to own a racing legendOct 23, 2016 11:00 pm - "Dad loved cars," says Pat Sweeney of Batavia, thinking back to his youth. "Particularly the fast ones." His father, Jim Sweeney, was a service writer at the well-known ...
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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...