Autos
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Tesla shares fall on reports of second fiery crashOct 28, 2013 5:58 pm - DETROIT — Tesla Motors shares dropped Monday after reports of a second fiery crash involving the company’s Model S electric car. On Oct. 17 in Merida, Mexico, a Model S ...
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Lexus, Toyota top auto reliability surveyOct 28, 2013 2:13 pm - DETROIT — Japan’s lock on Consumer Reports’ vehicle reliability rankings is starting to ease. Three Japanese brands — Lexus, Toyota and Acura — took the top spots in thi...
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A busy month for ol' 'Spooky'Oct 28, 2013 5:30 am - Whenever the Halloween season rolls around, things can tend to get a bit ethereal. Case in point; Ken Fritz's 1986 Pontiac Trans Am. All three of its owners purchased th...
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Toyota’s new weapon: A financing arm Detroit can’t matchOct 27, 2013 7:20 am - SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Toyota’s in-house lender is leveraging the automaker’s AA-credit rating and cash to offer low rates and keep customers coming back. Toyota’s $37 bill...
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Leaving the driving to a computer has big benefitsOct 27, 2013 6:30 am - WASHINGTON — In some ways, computers make ideal drivers: They don’t drink and then climb behind the wheel. They don’t do drugs, get distracted, fall asleep, run red ligh...
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Repair industry has seen many changes over the yearsOct 27, 2013 12:10 am - I was thinking the other day about all the changes I have seen in automotive technology since I got into this business back in the early ’70s. I can remember the switch ...
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Old Renault given new life as a modern electricOct 26, 2013 12:51 am - BELLEVILLE — Chris Roberts took a lemon and made lemonade out of it. He took his 1985 Renault Alliance DL convertible, which didn’t run any more, and converted it to an ...
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8 states join forces to promote clean carsOct 24, 2013 5:07 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Eight states, including California and New York, pledged Thursday to work together to dramatically multiply the number of zero-emission cars on the natio...
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Elgin won't get more electric vehicle chargers until sponsors step upOct 24, 2013 5:30 am - Elgin won't be getting more free electric vehicle charging stations until sponsors step up to cover ongoing operational costs. The city has one free charging station, sp...
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Street-rod era is alive and wellOct 21, 2013 6:00 am - Hank Groves always has had an obsession with automobiles. He'd owned dozens by the time he graduated high school. “My first car was a Model A coupe I bought from a junky...