| Toyota to make batteries in China as country warms to hybrid cars |
May 30th, 2013 |
Reuters © Toyota Motor Corp's logo is pictured on a clay model of concept vehicle NS4 at the company's design center building in Toyota, central Japan November 28, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko ...
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| Cheap leases offered to spur electric car sales |
May 30th, 2013 |
DETROIT -- Auto companies are lowering lease prices for electric cars as they try to jump-start slow sales in a competitive market.Honda announced Thursday that it's slashing the monthly lease cost of its tiny Fit EV by one-third to $259 a month. Honda also is throwing in other goodies such as a free home charging station and unlimited mileage.Honda's lower-priced three-year lease deal ...
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| Williams to move from Renault to Mercedes F1 engines from next season |
May 30th, 2013 |
Formula One team said on Thursday.The announcement of a long-term partnership means the German manufacturer's engines will power four of the 11 teams in 2014 before McLaren enter a new partnership with Honda from the following season.Mercedes also supply their own works team, winners in Monaco last weekend with Germany's Nico Rosberg, and Force India.Renault will have at least three ...
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| Food trucks to make the haul to Thunder Valley outdoor concert series |
May 30th, 2013 |
Food trucks associated with SactoMofo will be making the trek to Lincoln for the summer concert series at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. The local food truck scene will be making the trek this summer to Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln for its concert season. Starting Saturday, Sacramento Mobile Food also known as SactoMoFo will invite up to eight food trucks per show to work the concert ...
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| 2014 BMW X5 First Look |
May 30th, 2013 |
BMW has redesigned its 3-Series, 5-Series and X3 in recent years and now it's the X5's turn. The popular "sport activity vehicle" (an SUV to the rest of the world) gets new styling and content that follow themes we've seen in those other new BMWs and keeps it current with the ever-changing crop of luxury trucks in the segment. For 2014, a new model joins the X5 family, ...
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| Cars.com Reviews the 2013 Porsche Panamera Hybrid |
May 30th, 2013 |
Porsche's hybrid hatchback delivers the best of both worlds: impressive driving dynamics and fuel efficiency, but things stop making sense when you look at the bottom line, says Cars.com reviewer Aaron Bragman. The Panamera Hybrid commands a significant price premium over the base model, and its performance-oriented audience will likely balk at the V-6 hybrid's near six-figure price ...
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| CAW CEP to join forces to create larger stronger union |
May 30th, 2013 |
The Canadian Auto Workers will team with another large Canadian labor union to create Unifor, a larger and stronger union composed of more than 800 local shops in 20 different sectors, the two unions said Tuesday. Unifor will consist of the CAW and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union and will represent more than 300,000 Canadian union workers after a founding convention later this ...
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| Chairman CEO named to GM Chevrolet advertising account |
May 30th, 2013 |
McCann Worldgroup, an Interpublic Group company, has named Bill Kolb to the newly created position of chairman and CEO of the General Motors Co. Chevrolet account, the New York-based advertising company said Thursday. Kolb will lead the Commonwealth advertising team that handles ...
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| Fire Breaks Out At Oakland Auto Repair Shop |
May 30th, 2013 |
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – A fire at an East Oakland transmission shop is now under control, according to the Oakland Fire Department. The blaze was reported at about 8:15 a.m. at a shop at 10214 International Blvd. and was controlled about 15 minutes later, according to the department's Twitter page. Julio's Automatic Transmission Shop is listed at that ...
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| U.S. safety regulators recommend licenses for self-driving cars |
May 30th, 2013 |
DETROIT | Thu May 30, 2013 12:56pm EDT DETROIT May 30 (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators outlined plans on Thursday to analyze the safety risks and benefits of self-driving cars over the next four years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urged states to bar operation of autonomous cars for purposes other than testing. But if states allow commercial use of these ...
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