| Volvo Animal Detection local testing planned for kangaroo-spotting tech |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
safety system won’t be able to help drivers avoid hitting kangaroos when it first launches within three years, but the Swedish manufacturer says future iterations will tested in Australia to achieve that goal. Animal Detection is one of a number of new systems currently under development ...
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| Obama Planet Will ‘Boil Over If Africans Are Allowed Cars and Air-Conditioning |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
(Official White House photo/Pete Souza) (CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama said at a town hall event in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday that unless we find new way of producing energy "the planet will boil over" if people in Africa are allowed to attain air conditioning, automobiles and big houses. "Ultimately, if you think about all the youth that everybody has ...
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| Plug-in cars welcome at NASCAR… headquarters |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
NASCAR headquarters in Daytona Beach.The stock-car racing association has installed 20 Level 2 EV charging stations outside its headquarters and offices in Charlotte and Concord, N.C., as part of a new agreement ...
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| What Are the Most Common Car-Insurance Discounts |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
. That's a lot of dough. It outpaces what households spent on vehicle maintenance in the yearlong period, according to CES data -- not to mention store-bought fruits and vegetables, booze and dairy products. Holy cow, indeed. Maybe that's why car-insurance companies bombard us with discount ads, from Progressive's ever-chipper Flo to a cadre of hapless Geico cavemen. Florida-based ...
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| Magazines Could an auto industry monopoly be in the making |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
This is as improved economic prospects in 2013 emerge from the industry's rear view mirror. The last few months have seen big dealers making strategic acquisitions. Others have been sprucing up their assembly lines while some dominant players have been stripped off major franchises. But it is the action of ...
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| WRAPUP 1-European car sales show signs of bottoming out |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
Mon Jul 1, 2013 3:00pm EDT * Italy June car sales down 5.5 pct vs 8 pct fall in May * Italy car orders up 7 pct in June * French car sales down 9 pct in June * CCFA says French market nearing bottom of its slump By Stephen Jewkes and Elena Berton MILAN/PARIS, July 1 (Reuters) - The fall in Italian, Spanish and French car sales slowed its pace in June, raising some hopes that the bottom of a ...
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| New car sales down 73.6 in June - SIMI |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
The number of new cars sold in June was 73.6% lower than in the same month of last year, according to figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry. Just 1,673 new cars were sold during the month, compared to 6,350 in June 2012. So far this year there have been 53,230 new cars sold – 20.1% lower than in the first six months of 2012. June was the last month where new cars would be ...
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| Study Women likely to pay more for auto repairs |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
Women are likely to pay more for auto repairs than men, but are also more likely to negotiate price concessions for the same repair work, according to a new study from Northwestern ...
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| BMW Makes ConnectedDrive Standard for Most 2014 Models |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
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BMW ConnectedDrive is finally becoming standard equipment on most of its new models.
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| Name That Shifter, No. 135 |
Jul 1st, 2013 |
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a Save the Manuals button and sticker.* Good luck! (* Offer open [...]
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