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NHTSA Investigating Electric Vehicle Batteries Following Chevy Volt Fire
As mass-produced plug-in electric vehicles continue to roll off assembly lines, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is taking a closer look at the batteries that power these cars following an incident in which a Chevy Volt caught fire three weeks after undergoing a NHTSA side-impact crash test.
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Ford Falters, Chrysler Climbs In Consumer Reports' Annual Reliability Survey
Our corporate kin at Consumer Reports have released their Annual Auto Survey. And after years of solid showings by Ford on the reliability study, a trio of new models have weighed the automaker down, while Chrysler manages to inch up the ladder.
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Man Finds Parts Of His Stolen 1949 Ford Shoebox On Craigslist
Craigslist is a great place to find stuff. Like parts from the 1949 Ford Shoebox that was stolen from your driveway.
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Vote Here For The Worst Ad In America Awards!
You told us which TV ads annoy you the most, now it's time to select the worst of the worst!
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25 CEOs Who Made More Than Their Companies Paid In Income Taxes
The Institute for Policy Studies has just released its 18th annual review of U.S. executive compensation and found that 25 out of the country's 100 highest-paid chief executives actually earned more in 2010 than their companies paid out in corporate income taxes.
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Car Dealerships Adding Cafes, Beauty Salons & Other Gimmicks To Give Customers Something Different
In an attempt to rid U.S. consumers of the idea that domestic car dealerships are dreary, antiquated places with only a pot of burnt coffee to keep you awake while you wait in uncomfortable chairs, a growing number of car sellers are sprucing up their showrooms to keep potential buyers from running across the street to the cooler looking import lot.
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GM, Chrysler, Toyota Warn That Higher-Ethanol Gas May Void Warranties
Even though gasoline containing upward of 15% ethanol content (E15) hasn't come on the consumer market, the government has already finalized the labels that will be affixed to pumps carrying the fuel, a sign of E15 will likely make it to your local gas station at some point. Now Bloomberg reports that nine automakers, including GM, Chrysler and Toyota have warned regulators that putting E15 in your tank may void your vehicle's warranty.
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Car Of The Future Will Sense When You're Having A Heart Attack
Some people feel so attached to their vehicles that it seems their minds and hearts are locked into the same wavelength as the machinery. The feeling could one day become a reality.
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High Gas Prices Aren't Giving The Blues To Motown Car Makers
When gas hit $4 a gallon in 2008, Detroit's Big Three auto makers took it on the chin as American demand for big, fuel-thirsty SUVs and trucks suddenly disappeared. But even with gas prices again hovering north of $4, American car companies are whistling a much happier tune—all the way to the bank.
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NHTSA Investigating 2.7 Million Ford F-150s For Potential Fuel Tank Problems
It's been a bad spring for the Ford F-150 pickup truck brand. First, there was the
recall of around 1.3 million vehicles for faulty airbags. Now comes news that NHTSA is investigating a problem with rusting fuel tank straps that could impact 2.7 million F-150 trucks.
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