| Recall Alert 2013 Dodge Challenger |
Mar 18th, 2013 |
to stop driving their cars until a wiring issue can be fixed. The automaker is voluntarily recalling approximately 2,500 model-year 2013 versions of the coupe to address possible short circuiting. "This condition could cause a wire harness to overheat and possibly lead to fire. Chrysler Group is aware of seven such incidents. None caused injury," the automaker said in a statement. The ...
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| Video Chrysler vehicle suffers rare recall |
Mar 18th, 2013 |
Cyprus bailout causes stocks to drop, President Obama will nominate his next secretary of labor, and Chrysler is recalling some 2013 Dodge Challengers. Ashley Morrison ...
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| HAL Rolls-Royce open facility in India |
Mar 18th, 2013 |
A Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe is seen on display during press day at the biennial Paris Motor Show in Paris on September 27, 2012. The show, the first motor show in the world dating back to 1898, opens to the public on September 29 and runs through October 14. UPI/David ...
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| Renault chief Ghosn clings to China for electric car boost |
Mar 18th, 2013 |
Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:16pm EDT * China aiming for 2 mln capacity by 2020 * Electric vehicle experiment at critical point - analyst By Laurence Frost and Norihiko Shirouzu PARIS/BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters) - China will save the electric car, Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn predicts - and with it the vision of battery-powered motoring on which he has staked his credibility. Ghosn, who has ploughed a ...
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| Automakers concerned NHTSAs quiet cars rule too loud |
Mar 18th, 2013 |
Washington - Major automakers say the Obama administration's "quiet cars" rule to help blind pedestrians avoid electric vehicles and other nearly silent vehicles would result in warning sounds that are too loud.Two trade groups representing Detroit's Big Three automakers, Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG and other major Asian and European automakers raised serious concerns ...
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| Police Walnut Creek motorcyclist killed in I-680 speed contest with cars at 100 mph |
Mar 18th, 2013 |
WALNUT CREEK -- A motorcyclist killed in a horrific crash along Interstate 680 just north of Danville may have been racing two other vehicles at speeds of 80-100 mph before the fatal wreck, police said Monday.Authorities identified the man as 31-year-old Joseph Botsford of Walnut Creek. He died instantly and another man was hospitalized in the Sunday wreck, which happened at 5:48 p.m. in the ...
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| Swallows are evolving to avoid cars and trucks study finds |
Mar 18th, 2013 |
Natural selection has favoured birds that are better able to get out of the way of oncoming cars and trucks, scientists in the US have discovered.Survivors tend to have shorter wings that make it easier to take off quickly and pivot out of the path of danger. As a result, the birds' wings have reduced in length by as much as 4mm over the past 30 years, the researchers found.This, in turn, ...
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| Greener cars could slash US pollution by 2050 study |
Mar 18th, 2013 |
View Photo Traffic converges on highway I-495 South just west of Washington on November 23, 2011, in McLean, Virginia. Greener cars that use alternative fuels could help the United States slash its greenhouse gas emissions from everyday driving a full 80 percent by 2050, according to a scientific study out ...
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| Are cars driving evolution of birds |
Mar 18th, 2013 |
Cars are driving the evolution of birds in Nebraska, leading to birds with shorter wings to take off more quickly and avoid onrushing vehicles, scientists say. Of the 80 million birds killed in the United States by traffic each year, cliff swallows are particularly vulnerable because many have taken to building their nests on road bridges over streets and highways, researchers say. ...
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| Call for auto recalls to be encouraged |
Mar 18th, 2013 |
A series of auto recalls have been announced recently and an expert said Monday that recalls should be encouraged to boost automakers' sense of responsibility to consumers.German auto company BMW began a recall Monday of 2,116 X5 utility vehicles from China, due to brake vacuum pump leaks, the company said. Japanese auto giant Toyota said Friday it would recall 4,400 FJ Cruisers in China, ...
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