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Death Toll From GM Ignition Switches Rises To 38
DETROIT (AP) - At least 38 people have died and 51 have been injured in crashes involving General Motors cars with defective ignition switches. Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM to...
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Chrysler Expands Air Bag Recall
DETROIT (AP) - Chrysler is bowing to demands from U.S. safety regulators and will add about 179,000 vehicles to a recall for air bags that could explode with too much force. The latest expansion covers...
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DC Environmental Director To Tout Hydrogen-Powered Car
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia’s top environmental official will be taking a spin in a new car that’s powered by air. On Wednesday, District Department of the Environment Director Tommy...
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Emission Cuts Ordered By Obama May Not Survive Beyond End Of His Presidency
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States put forth its contribution Tuesday to a global climate treaty, relying entirely on a set of emission cuts ordered by President Barack Obama that may not survive...
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From Your Smartphone To Smarthome, Ford Wants To Be A Connected Ride
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Ford is betting that drivers want to be as ‘connected’ behind the wheel as they are everywhere else. The automaker’s technology push is one of the big stories so far at CES, the...
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Auto Industry Ends 2015 On A Very Strong Note
DETROIT (WWJ) – Car and truck sales set a new record in 2015, narrowly edging out the previous record–17.4 million, set in 2000. “Hear that? That’s the sound of sales records falling,” said...
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Ford Begins Testing Self-Driving Car In The Snow
(CBS SF) – As Google’s self-driving vehicles have become an increasingly common sight on Bay Area roadways, Ford announced they are testing autonomous cars in snowy environments. The automaker posted a...
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Obama Takes Credit For Auto Industry Comeback During Visit To Detroit
DETROIT (CBS Detroit) – President Barack Obama says General Motors and Chrysler would be history if he hadn’t bailed out the then-struggling automakers seven years ago. After a quick tour of the North...
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Fiat Used By Pope During Philadelphia Visit Going Up For Auction
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Remember that black Fiat Pope Francis used to travel the streets of Philadelphia while here last September? It’s coming back to town for the Philadelphia Auto Show. The...
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How Far Can One Drive On $50 Of Gas? Pretty Darn Far
Elwood Blues: It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses. Jake Blues: Hit it! –The Blues Brothers CHICAGO (CBS) — With...
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2016 Chicago Auto Show ‘Best Of Show’ Winners
Closing on Feb. 21, the 2016 Chicago Auto Show hosted a vast array of automobile manufacturers, their products and the people who hope to buy them. Every year, the auto show announces the “winners” of...
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Best Exhibits From The 2016 Chicago Auto Show
The 2016 Chicago Auto Show wrapped up on Feb. 21. Closing crews disassembled some of the best automotive exhibits that attendees got the see and, best of all, participate in. Photo by Robert Mathius...
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New Jersey Set To Cut Emissions Testing For Older Vehicles
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Just in time for the summer driving season, a new Christie administration policy will mean hundreds of thousands of drivers won’t have to line up at vehicle emissions stations...
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The 2016 New York International Auto Show
The Tampa Bay International auto show comes to town every November and it’s a great event to attend. It’s right on the water in downtown Tampa, there’s plenty of space for the new cars and you can sign...
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6-Year-Olds Take Pickup Truck For A Joyride
NEWTON, Kan. (AP) — Police say two 6-year-old boys took a joyride in a pickup truck through a central Kansas town, damaging five other vehicles and two mailboxes along the way. Newton police Sgt. Josh...
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Demand For Tesla’s New Model 3 Is Wild, But Limited To Tech Fans
By Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) – Demand for Tesla’s new Model 3 has been eye-popping, with consumers pre-ordering about $13.7 billion worth of the electric sedans nearly two years before...
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Illinois Drivers Could Be Taxed By The Mile
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)-Illinois drivers could be taxed by the mile under a new proposal that would involve the use of devices to track the distance motorists travel. The proposal from state Senate...
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Missouri May Soon Have Solar Panels on Roadways
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Instead of simple asphalt you could soon find yourself driving on solar panels in Missouri. During this week’s Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission meeting, MoDOT District...
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Classic Cars Showcase History, Personal Stories
LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4) – The Summerfest Auto Show in Greenwood Village will have more than 100 classic cars on display. Each of the cars is a slice of Americana, and comes with a deep personal story....
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Animal Advocates Sit In Hot Car To Illustrate Danger
BOSTON (CBS) – As the clock ticks toward the end of formal sessions this legislative session on Beacon Hill, there is one bill gaining a lot of traction. It would allow first responders, and sometimes...
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Wildly Popular Pokemon GO Leading To Unintended Consequences
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Since its release last Wednesday, the wildly popular Pokemon GO game has sent throngs of players all across cities nationwide in search of characters like Pikachu. The new...
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Crooks Using Bluetooth To Steal At Gas Pumps
DALLAS (CBS11) -Pump prowlers in Dallas are stepping up their game, stealing bank information in some cases instantaneously with a new device police are calling “scary.” Dallas Police recently...
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‘A Grumpy Bear… Grrrr, Grrrr:’ Family Finds Bear Trapped In Car
By Suzanne McCarroll EVERGREEN, Colo. (CBS4)– The Meurer family of Evergreen got quite a surprise when they went to get in the family car. There was a bear trapped inside. “He was rocking the car back...
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Woman Says She Was Carjacked Twice By The Same Man
VALLEJO (CBS SF) — A Vallejo woman has been the victim of the same car thief, not once, but twice this week. On Tuesday evening, the woman was carjacked in her neighborhood near the intersection of...
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Driver Apologizes After Road Rage Caught On Camera
CORONA DEL MAR (CBSLA.com) — A driver who was caught on video screaming at a bicyclist apologized Thursday. Robert Lewis says he’s embarrassed after that video went viral. “I’m just an old surfer,...
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Report: Only 18 Percent Of Americans Can Drive Manual
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A new report shows fewer Americans own a car with manual transmission let alone know how to operate one. And there appear to be a number of reasons for it. The report from U.S....
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Dallas Shoplifting Call Leads To Chase & Suspect Shot With Taser On Highway
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two men are in jail after a wild high-speed chase that ended with one of them being shot with a taser gun while running across lanes of a busy North Texas highway. Before the...
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Halloween Safety Tips
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Halloween is a fun night for kids but one that comes with a lot of responsibility for parents who need to be vigilant while they’re out taking the little ones trick-or-treating...
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Officials Shoot At Drone During Pipeline Protests, Arrest 126
MANDAN, N.D. (CBSMiami/AP) — Authorities fired at an unmanned aircraft and a group of Dakota Access pipeline opponents twice blocked a North Dakota state highway Sunday, capping a weekend of protests....
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Tesla Inks Deal To Buy German Engineering Firm For Manufacturing
PALO ALTO (CBS / AP) — Tesla Motors says it has agreed to buy a German engineering company to help automate its electric car manufacturing. The company is buying buy Grohmann Engineering, which Tesla...
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Denver Driver Experienced Exploding Sunroof
By Lauren DiSpirito WESTMINSTER, Colo (CBS4) – A Colorado driver says the sunroof on her SUV exploded unexpectedly while she was driving last month. Reports of similar, spontaneous explosions happening...
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California Panhandlers Caught Driving Rental Car, Traveling Around Town To...
SANTA CLARITA (CBSLA.com) — From the San Fernando Valley to the Santa Clarita Valley, CBS2’s David Goldstein’s undercover cameras captured similar looking groups of panhandlers with children. Some were...
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Fact Check: Trump’s Statements On Auto Industry Are Misleading
By Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump has a long list of deceptive statements about Ford Motor Co. and the auto industry, and he added to that list this week....
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Bystanders Rescue Man From Burning Car
MILPITAS (KCBS) – A group heading to San Jose International Airport pulled a man from a burning car after it was hit by a truck on northbound Interstate 880 in Milpitas early Thursday morning. Aaron...
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Report: Driver Asked Kids ‘Are You Ready To Die’ Before Crashing Bus In...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WWJ/AP) – Parents of some of the children who survived a deadly school bus crash in Chattanooga are starting to shed some light on the moments leading up to the crash, which killed...
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VIDEO: Vandal Tears Apart Car For 6 Hours While Passersby Watch, Take Pictures
KOREATOWN — A woman was left in tears and without a car after a vandal went to town on her vehicle for hours while passersby stopped to take pictures instead of calling police. Stacy Omelinoff, a...
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NHTSA Wants You To Complain About Cars More
DETROIT (AP) – The U.S. government wants more people to complain about auto safety problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing a rule requiring automakers put labels on...
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EPA To Keep Strict Gas Mileage Standards In Place
By Tom Krisher & Dee-Ann Durbin, AP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) – The Obama administration has decided not to change government fuel economy requirements for cars and light trucks despite protests...
View ArticlePolice and Semi Trucks Prevent Suicide Attempt on Detroit Freeway
DETROIT (CBS LOCAL) – An incredible moment caught on camera, Tuesday morning when all lanes of I-696 were closed in both directions as a man considered suicide. This photo does show the work troopers...
View ArticleToyota U.S. Chief: Car Sales Close To Bottoming Out
(AP) — Toyota’s top U.S. executive says car sales nationwide have nearly bottomed out and his company will keep making them despite a dramatic shift to trucks and SUVs. U.S. CEO Jim Lentz told the...
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