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Noisy Cars Are Actually A Good Thing, Government Decides

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 03.09.2013 | Technology

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DETROIT (AP) — A U.S. government safety agency wants electric and hybrid vehicles to make more noise when traveling at low speeds so pedestrians can...

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Popular Cars May Be At Risk Of Catching On Fire

Reuters | Posted 09.22.2012 | Business

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* Potential engine fires in 106,800 Grand Cherokees * NHTSA also explores rear differential failures in Dodge Ram * 230...

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Chuck Grassley Wants To Know Why Toyota Was Cleared

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 07.12.2012 | Business

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter Thursday to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, asking why the agency cleared Toyota given ...

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White House Touts Efficient Cars As New Fuel Economy Standards Loom

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 06.25.2012 | Business

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The White House will host a three-hour conference Wednesday to tout what it calls the "innovative success story" of the auto industry's clean cars, ad...

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Chrysler 200 Investigated

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 08.22.2012 | Detroit

DETROIT — Federal safety regulators are investigating complaints about engine stalling in some Chrysler 200 midsize sedans. The probe includes ...

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Gun Deaths Exceed Motor Vehicle Deaths in 10 States

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.22.2012 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Violence Prevention, Violence Policy Center, Motor Vehicle Deaths, Gun Deaths, Public Health, Nhtsa, Gun Violence Reduction, Politics News

Each day, how many motor vehicles do you see or actually use? You probably couldn't keep track. Now, how about guns. How many do you see or actually use during the same period? For most people, not that many. If any at all. And yet, in 10 states gun deaths actually outpace motor vehicle deaths.

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Ford Broadens Windstar Recall To Include Virginia

The Huffington Post | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 05.09.2012 | Business

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Ford Motor is broadening a recall on Windstar minivans because of corrosion issues that could lead to rear axles' snapping in half. The recall now inc...

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Fed Agency Wants To Stop Runaway Cars With Brake Override Technology

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 04.13.2012 | Business

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday that it wants automakers to install a brake override system aimed at stopping a ca...

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Toyota's Small Recall Could Spell Big Problems

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.28.2012 | Business

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A small recall Toyota is conducting in several U.S. Gulf states might help advance arguments by safety critics who argue Toyota has problems with its ...

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Subaru Outbacks Catching Fire

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.23.2012 | Business

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Karen Swicker, a social worker in Massachusetts, was on her way to visit a client when she noticed a puff of smoke next to her left elbow. The doo...

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Nutrition in a Second-Rate Hen House

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 04.11.2012 | Healthy Living

This week, Wal-Mart announced the release of its home-grown, front-of-pack nutrition guidance system. Can we possibly be that gullible? If so, we probably all deserve to be eating whatever the big companies selling food tell us we should.

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Toyota Exec's Internal Email: 'We're Putting The Company At Risk'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.28.2012 | Business

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A top Toyota executive wrote that the automaker colored the truth during the furor over sudden acceleration problems to make the company’s story see...

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Speaking Out for Clean Cars

Michael Brune | Posted 03.26.2012 | Green

Read More: Nhtsa, Environmental Protection Agency, Gas Mileage, Mpg, Miles Per Gallon, Sierra Club, Green News

Tuesday, Jan. 24, I testified at an EPA hearing in San Francisco to support proposed standards that would raise vehicle efficiency to 54.5 miles per gallon, with electric vehicles as one of the primary ways to meet this goal.

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Scientists Debate If Another Culprit Triggered Toyota's Sudden Acceleration Problem: Tin Whiskers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 01.23.2012 | Business

Even as Toyota has reckoned with a wrenching crisis of confidence, acknowledging reports that some of its best-selling vehicles have been prone to acc...

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For Detroit, Size Matters: Will Automakers Latch on to Loopholes and Undercut New Emissions Rules?

Dan Becker | Posted 01.28.2012 | Detroit

The Obama administration has proposed rules that would determine how far 2025 cars go on a gallon of gas. Surprisingly, though, auto companies can dictate how successful the program will be. This presents Detroit with an unusual challenge.

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Conservative Hypocrisy. Big Government Is Fine if We're Afraid

David Ropeik | Posted 11.20.2011 | Politics

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Two recent events in Texas illustrate how another emotion, fear, has much more influence on our views about how much government is too much.

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Fed Probe Ford Freestyle Over Dangerous Steering

Posted 07.16.2011 | Business

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DETROIT (AP) -- Federal safety officials are investigating complaints that the Ford Freestyle crossover vehicle can lunge unexpectedly when driving at...

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The Best Remedy for the Price of Gas

Dan Becker | Posted 06.19.2011 | Green

The Obama administration can't do much to lower the price of a gallon of gas, but it is on the cusp of a crucial decision that could help consumers come out ahead because they would need less gas.

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Toyota To Pay Record Fine Over Massive Recall

AP | KEN THOMAS and TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay the U.S. government a record $32.4 million in additional fines to settle an investigation into its hand...

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GM Recalling 100,000 Crossover Vehicles Over Seat Belt Issue

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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WASHINGTON — General Motors Co. is recalling about 100,000 crossover vehicles to fix seat belts that could fail in a crash. GM said Friday in a p...

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GM Recalls Nearly 200K Midsize Pickups Over Child Seat Issues

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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DETROIT — More than 192,000 General Motors and Isuzu midsize pickup trucks are being recalled because of a problem with the system that anchors ...

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9 Miles a Gallon -- and Lovin' It

Mindy S. Lubber | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Carbon, Fuel Efficiency, Union of Concerned Scientists, Epa, Nhtsa, Diesel, Mileage Standards, Miles Per Gallon, Gas Guzzlers, Car Pollution, Truck Pollution, Air Pollution, Green News

Right now heavy-duty trucks -- a huge part of the way we move products around in this country -- are clocking just 6 miles per gallon. And the technology is there to move that number -- by a lot.

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Why There Are No Seat Belts in School Buses, And Other Safety Questions

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Many of you have kids riding school buses, and a crash Monday in Los Angeles involving a fatality raised many of the important issues facing communities with the big yellow buses.

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