Autos
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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
Oct 28, 2016 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - BMW is recalling more than 154,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. and Canada to fix a wiring problem that can cause engines to stall. The recall covers certain...
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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...
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US confirms 11th death due to Takata air bags
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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
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Toyota recalls 340,000 Prius hybrid cars for faulty brakes