Autos
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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
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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...