TUNICA, Miss. (AP) – It seemed like a win for everyone involved when a startup car company, backed by political heavyweights, wooed investors with plans to build a massive auto plant in the Mississippi Delta, hire thousands of people and pump out a brand new line of fuel-efficient vehicles. GreenTech Automotive Inc. announced in 2009 …
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There are plenty of nay-sayers who are already shoveling dirt on Elon Musk’s proposal that someone or some entity take up the design for a high-speed conveyance he is calling Hyperloop to create a 30-minute trip between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Hyperloop, a high-speed solar/electromagnetically powered “train” concept that would travel in an enclosed …
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A sudden change of pressure that thundered in my eardrums as multiple airbags deployed down the length of the car with the deafening side impact. Before I could even process what was happening, it was over. “This is not happening,” I thought to myself. “I did not just get into an accident in a rental …
Cadillac is showing off a low-lying two-door coupe that likely is the prototype for the brand’s re-entry into the big, elegant and expensive luxury car market. The four-seat Elmiraj concept car, with steep angles at the corners, vertical LED headlamps and huge 22-inch wheels, was unveiled Thursday at a luxury car event in Carmel, Calif. …
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Seat belts save lives. Using one is “the single most effective way” drivers can prevent death in a car accident, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the government agency charged with keeping motorists out of harm’s way. Yet when 26 million American children return to their classrooms aboard school buses over the next …
Sometimes, it’s a guilty pleasure to be able to say, “We told you so.” But in this case, we’re confirming a trend that is good news for American consumers, so we feel no guilt at all. Electric vehicle sales are up, and so are sales of fuel-efficient traditional cars. That reflects what our polling at …
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A recent analysis of four years of public surveys conducted by AAA shows that US citizens are less concerned about dangerous driving habits. The troubling decrease in concern about such activities comes alongside the first annual increase in traffic fatalities in seven years. Deaths were up an estimated 5.3 percent, totaling 34,080 in 2012, according …
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It’s been known as the Microbus. The Minibus. The Transporter Kombi. The Volkswagen Type 2. Whatever you want to call it, the last one is rolling off the assembly line in Brazil this month, marking the end of an era. The VW Microbus, the forerunner of the modern minivan, was last sold in the U.S. …
There’s a pedestrian approaching a crosswalk. He’s focused on his iPhone, oblivious to the fact he’s walking into danger. We’re driving down the street. There’s a minivan parked alongside the curb, obscuring the view of the sidewalk. We’re oblivious to the fact we’re moments away from tragedy. The pedestrian steps out in front of the …
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The key to improving safety on the road lies in developing and utilizing new safety technology, the nation’s head of traffic safety said last week. Speaking to a crowd of state and national traffic officials at the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) annual meeting in San Diego, Calif., David Strickland, the head of the National …
