| U.S. urges states not to allow general use of self-driving cars |
May 31st, 2013 |
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unveiled new guidelines to states for self-driving cars, urging they be used only for testing and requiring safeguards to ensure they can be taken over by a driver in the case of a ...
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| One dead in crash between cars travelling in same direction |
May 31st, 2013 |
A woman is dead after a crash near Rotorua this morning. A police spokesman said the woman was in a car travelling south on State Highway 30 when it crashed with another vehicle, also travelling south, near Whirinaki Valley Rd about 7am. "We believe it was two cars travelling in the same direction so we're trying to work out how that's occurred," the spokesman said. The woman died at the ...
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| Arbabsiar gets 25 years for plot to kill Saudi ambassador |
May 31st, 2013 |
An Iranian-American was sentenced in federal court in New York Thursday to 25 years in prison for conspiring to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States. Manssor Arbabsiar, aka "Mansour Arbabsiar," 58, a naturalized U.S. citizen who formerly sold used cars in Corpus Christi, Texas, had been charged with plotting to hire assassins from a Mexican drug ring for $1.5 million to kill ...
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| Auto Review Kia Aspires to Luxury and Accomplishes It |
May 31st, 2013 |
The 2013 Kia Cadenza is the brand's most expensive vehicle. It gets an estimated 22 mpg and comes with a V-6 engine. (KIA | ...
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| Analysts Expect May U.S. Auto Sales At 15 Million-Plus Rate More Nissans More Pickups |
May 31st, 2013 |
auto sales for May should top an annual rate of 15 million when they're announced on Monday, June 3. Higher sales are nice, and the expected annual rate of about 15.1 million is a big improvement over 13.8 million a year ago. But what's really significant about May auto sales is that not only ...
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| Toyota to make batteries in China |
May 31st, 2013 |
Energy Co in the southern China province of Hunan to jointly produce nickel-metal hydride batteries for hybrid models Toyota plans to start selling in China around 2015. Toyota previously said it was working to design key hybrid components in China to make those China-only hybrid models more affordable. The move comes as Toyota - and other automakers in China, both indigenous Chinese and ...
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| Holden VF Commodore SV6 Review |
May 31st, 2013 |
While it isn't quite a sports sedan, the Holden VF Commodore SV6 blends brilliant dynamics with impressive ride quality and refinement. Now priced from $35,990, the most popular grade of ...
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| How Tesla’s success is rewriting the future for electric cars |
May 31st, 2013 |
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell explains why Tesla the electric car company's early government loan repayment shows why Republicans are wrong to bet against President ...
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| Lexus ES350 ES300h confirmed for Australia |
May 31st, 2013 |
Australia has confirmed it will offer both the ES300h and ES350 variants when it brings the mid-sized luxury model back to Australia in the fourth quarter of ...
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| BMW X5 M Sport M50d Design Pure Excellence styles revealed |
May 31st, 2013 |
two BMW X5 SUVs featured in the image gallery accompanying yesterday's press release both wore the Design Pure Experience styling theme (above), while today's brochure shots uncover three additional unique ...
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