| Video Black boxes in cars Privacy safety concerns with on-board tech |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
Black boxes for cars track data like your vehicle's speed or if you're wearing a seatbelt. But is that an invasion of privacy? John Giamalvo, of Edmunds.com, and Khaliah Barnes, of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, discuss the technology and its potential requirement in all new ...
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| GM 14 pickups will have better fuel economy than 13 Ford F-150 with EcoBoost |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
General Motors Co. on Monday said its all-new 2014 pickups will achieve better fuel economy than rival Ford Motor Co.'s 2013 F-150 pickup powered by it EcoBoost V-6 engine, and achieve the best fuel economy of any V-8 pickup on the road.GM said its two-wheel drive 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 pickups powered by the popular 5.3-liter EcoTec3 V-8 engine will get 16 miles per ...
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| Tesla ditching small EV battery citing low demand |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
Electric-vehicle maker Tesla Motors Inc. said Monday it will not produce its Model S sedan with a 40-kilowatt hour battery, citing lack of demand for lower-range EVs and boosting prospects for more expensive, higher-range plug-in vehicles.Range anxiety is still cited as a chief reason customers shy away from all-electric vehicles, but Tesla says it has evidence that customers will pay more for ...
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| Norris Automotive starts renovation of Ellicott City dealership site |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
Norris Automotive is taking over a dealership site in Ellicott City. Renovations are underway on a former Miller Brothers car dealership at 8525 Baltimore National Pike in Ellicott City that has been shuttered since 2008. Mullan Contracting has started to renovate several buildings on the four-acre site for Norris Automotive Group, which purchased the property last year. The renovation includes a ...
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| Toyota China sales post 11.7 decline in March |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
(MENAFN) Toyota Motor Corp announced that its sales in China fell by 11.7 percent last month from a year before, reported Reuters.The carmaker and its joint ventures in the country sold 75,900 units in March, whereas sales in the fist 3 months of the year in China dropped by 12.7 percent from 2012's same period to 184,700 cars.Sales of Toyota and other Japanese auto manufacturers in China ...
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| Pakistan-bound NATO trucks set ablaze after leaving Afghanistan |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
Violence Pakistani gunmen have torched five NATO trucks carrying equipment out of Afghanistan as the alliance's international forces withdraw from their combat mission in the country after 12 years of war. Four masked gunmen on two motorbikes attacked NATO vehicles in the southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan, forcing them to stop after leaving Afghan territory. Attackers then ...
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| Man killed three others injured when trucks collide northwest of Edmonton |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
EDMONTON - One man has died and three other men were injured following a collision between two trucks on Highway 2 just north of the Dunvegan bridge, Fairview RCMP said Monday.A northbound F150 and a southbound F350 crashed head-on around 10:45 p.m. Sunday. The driver of the F350 was pronounced dead at the scene and his male passenger was taken to Fairview Hospital.The male driver of the F150 was ...
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| Cops Man said inheritance would pay auto insurance |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
When a cop stopped Thomas Bryce Masuda for an expired registration, the 24-year-old Fort Walton Beach man allegedly told the cop he was waiting on an inheritance to get his vehicle insurance renewed, reports ...
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| Gunmen torch NATO trucks in Pakistan |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
Unidentified gunmen set ablaze five trucks carrying NATO equipment out of Afghanistan as the international military alliance winds down its combat mission there, a media report said Monday. The incident happened in Bolan district, around 120 km from Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Geo News reported. Four masked gunmen on two motorbikes opened fire at the vehicles, forcing them to ...
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| Now F1 racing in virtual world |
Apr 1st, 2013 |
Lotus Formula 1 team has launched World Simulator Championship (WSC), where teams will compete against each other in a virtual world to aid development of their real cars and race strategies. Scheduled to take place on the Saturday morning of every real world Grand Prix weekend from this year's Spanish Grand Prix onwards, teams will pitch themselves against each other in virtual world races, ...
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