| CORRECTED-Nissan to have battery replacement program for Leaf car |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
Mon Jun 24, 2013 3:05pm EDT (Corrects 2nd paragraph in Friday's story to show that plan participants get a new battery upon enrollment; corrects year in 10th graph to 2012 from 2011) June 21 (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd has announced a $100-a-month battery replacement plan for U.S. owners of its electric Nissan Leaf. The plan calls for participants to get a new or upgraded battery once ...
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| Man jumping on cars dies after police use pepper spray stun gun |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - The Douglas County sheriff's office says a man police arrested by using a stun gun and pepper spray has died. The sheriff's department said in a statement Monday two officers from the Roseburg police were trying to take the man into custody Saturday afternoon because he was jumping on vehicles near the Douglas County Courthouse. The officers said the man ...
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| The Best Used Cars For Teenage Drivers |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
14 Top Used Cars For Teen Drivers It's a glass half-empty or half-full situation for parents. Data compiled by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute suggests teens just aren't that interested in cars or driving these days. Eight in 10 Americans ages 17-19 had a driver's license 30 years ago, but just six out of every 10 teens were behind the wheel in 2012. ...
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| Gallery Flood upends cars in Mission |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
Mission was speckled with debris-swamped cars and vehicles were left on their roofs by the floods on Sunday morning. David Wakely captured these chilling ...
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| Volvo Says Concept Finds Spot Parks Itself |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
Once the domain of the chivalrous gentleman who dropped the ladies off in front while he hunted for a parking space, parking-lot chivalry in the near future may be dead. Volvo's new concept car, to be demonstrated later this week, not only parks itself, but first lets its passengers out and then finds an open space autonomously. Transmitters in the road infrastructure inform the driver when ...
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| Auto Insurance Customer Satisfaction Declines Mainly Due to Higher Rates |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
Driven by lower satisfaction with price and policy offerings, overall customer satisfaction with auto insurance companies declines in 2013 from an all-time high in 2012, but remains comparatively high relative to the previous decade, according to the J.D. Power 2013 U.S. Auto Insurance Study. The study measures customer satisfaction across five factors: interaction, price, policy offerings, ...
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| Two charged after shooting left cars apartment riddled with bullets near community center |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
A 16-year-old boy and 18-year-old convicted felon are facing attempted homicide charges after a shooting near an Orlando community center left several vehicles and an apartment riddled with bullets. Orlando police were flagged down about 7:25 p.m. Sunday by two men in a vehicle on Carter Street ...
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| Fitch Affirms Auto ABS FCT Compartiment 2011-1 |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
Fitch to Host Global Banking Conference in New York Tomorrow, 25 June Fitch Ratings' annual Global Banking Conference will make its final stop in New York tomorrow, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. The New York conference concludes the roadshow, which also took place in Frankfurt, London, Paris, Madrid, Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and Toronto throughout ...
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| Cars.com Reviews the 2013 Toyota Corolla |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
of its compact sedan, Cars.com reviewer Joe Wiesenfelder spent some time behind the wheel of the 2013 Corolla. In a class full of overachievers, Wiesenfelder calls the Corolla "sub-mediocre" and badly in need of a redesign. The 2014 can't hit dealerships soon enough, he ...
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| Schakowsky Upset At Continued Delay In Backup Camera Rule For Cars |
Jun 24th, 2013 |
CHICAGO (CBS) – Congresswoman Jan Shakowsky said she’s angry that the U.S. Department of Transportation has - for the fifth time - delayed rules requiring rearview cameras on all new cars. WBBM Newsradio's John Cody reports Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has said the department is conducting a new analysis of the rules for backup cameras, and doesn't expect to finalize ...
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