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Fuel efficiency rules aimed at advanced vehicles
The Obama administration is setting tough gas mileage standards for new cars and trucks, spurring the next generation of fuel-sipping gas-electric hybrids, efficient engines and electric cars, according to The Associated Press. The heads of the Transportation Department and the...
April 1, 2010 10:39 am
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Chrysler Says It Expects to Break Even This Year
Mr. Marchionne, speaking at an automotive forum on the eve of the New York International Auto Show, said the automaker had slightly more than $5 billion in cash on hand, according to The New York Times. That is about half...
April 1, 2010 9:47 am
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Backseat Driver: Take 295 and put up with the traffic
There's only one way to drive north and south in Rhode Island right now and that is to take Interstate 295. So long as Interstate 95 is closed off, just put up with the bumper-to-bumper traffic and forget about trying...
April 1, 2010 3:29 am
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Gov't set to ban texting by truck, bus drivers
WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed a ban on text messaging at the wheel by interstate truck and bus drivers, following up on its call to reduce distractions that lead to crashes, according to The Associated Press. The...
March 31, 2010 4:21 pm
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Ford Chief Stresses Growth as Crucial to Success
In a brief keynote address to open the New York auto show Wednesday morning, Alan Mulally, Ford's chief executive, outlined a succinct philosophy for the automaker's future: essentially, if you're not growing, then you're shrinking, according to The New York...
March 31, 2010 4:15 pm
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Geely of China Agrees to Buy Volvo From Ford
Ford reached an agreement on Sunday to sell its Volvo subsidiary to a Chinese conglomerate, in the clearest confirmation yet of China's global ambitions in the auto industry, according to The New York Times. The Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, based...
March 31, 2010 4:09 pm
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