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Future Aircraft to Have Starcraft-like Onboard Drone Production
Future Aircraft to Have Starcraft-like Onboard Drone Production

7 Jul 2014, 13:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you’re at least a casual gamer, you might have heard or played with the Protoss Carrier ship in Starcraft, the race’s ultimate airborne weapon against air and land targets. We’l...

 
Police Chase Ends With Tesla Model S Split in Two
Police Chase Ends With Tesla Model S Split in Two

6 Jul 2014, 11:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While most of us celebrated the 4th of July by eating barbecue with our family, watching the fireworks show in Washington DC and celebrating everything that's great about the United States of A...

 
Subaru Recalls 660k Cars Over Brake Line Rust Issue
Subaru Recalls 660k Cars Over Brake Line Rust Issue

3 Jul 2014, 17:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Subaru is recalling an estimated 660,238 U.S. vehicles over brake lines prone to fail due to premature corrosion. All affected cars are located in 20 U.S. states that use salt to melt ice on the roa...

 
AAA: 41 Million People On the Road On Independence Day
AAA: 41 Million People On the Road On Independence Day

3 Jul 2014, 13:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just like any other year before, the federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence is a woeful day for Americans that want to visit their beloved via personal transpo...

 
Watch Out How You Drive in Tennessee - New DUI Laws Adopted
Watch Out How You Drive in Tennessee - New DUI Laws Adopted

3 Jul 2014, 13:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The 4th of July is coming and along with it DUI situations tend to increase and put the lives of innocent people in danger. However, the state of Tennessee has just adopted two new laws that will he...

 
2015 Hyundai Genesis Sedan Goes Driverless in New Stunt Video
2015 Hyundai Genesis Sedan Goes Driverless in New Stunt Video

2 Jul 2014, 17:52 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Autonomous cars are still at least a few years away from being available to consumers, but many automakers already use self-driving technology to improve vehicle safety. The 2015 Hyundai Genesis sed...

 
General Motors Marion Plant Explosion Kills Worker, Injures Eight Other
General Motors Marion Plant Explosion Kills Worker, Injures Eight Other

2 Jul 2014, 12:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / GM's stamping plant from Marion, Indiana was the scene of an unfortunate accident on Tuesday, when a chemical explosion fatally wounded a contractor and injured eight other people. Out of the l...

 
Graco Child Seats Recall Tally Edges to 6.1 Million
Graco Child Seats Recall Tally Edges to 6.1 Million

2 Jul 2014, 09:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urged Graco to recall the first 3.8 million toddler and booster seats back in February, that figure hiked to 6.1 million after further invest...

 
General Motors Moved 267,461 Vehicles In June
General Motors Moved 267,461 Vehicles In June

1 Jul 2014, 17:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Compared to the same month a year ago, General Motors' total U.S. sales were up by just 1 percent, with retail sales up 1 percent and fleet sales by a mere 2 percentage points. Despite analysts...

 
Toyota Asks NHTSA for Certain Safety Rule Exemption to Sell its FCV
Toyota Asks NHTSA for Certain Safety Rule Exemption to Sell its FCV

1 Jul 2014, 15:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Since electric vehicles started to reach more ground into the auto world, the government thought of a set of new rules to keep them safe. Toyota is due to roll out its FCV next year, but due to its ...

 
Dodge Ram 1500 Investigated Over Drivetrain Failure
Dodge Ram 1500 Investigated Over Drivetrain Failure

30 Jun 2014, 18:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - following multiple complaints from frustrated owners, the agency started investigating the 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck ove...

 
Each GM Ignition Switch Death to Be Compensated With At Least $1 Million
Each GM Ignition Switch Death to Be Compensated With At Least $1 Million

30 Jun 2014, 15:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The compensation expert hired by General Motors to come up with the compensation plan for the 13 people that died in crashes linked to the infamous defective ignition switch fiasco declared that the...

 
GM VP Aware Of Ignition Switch Fiasco Since 2005
GM VP Aware Of Ignition Switch Fiasco Since 2005

30 Jun 2014, 08:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Earlier in June, Mary Barra vowed in front of House and Senate members that GM will get its act together, with the main focus of the moment being to fix the "deep underlying cultural problems&q...

 
Renault Rolls Out Free Safety Adventure Game for Children
Renault Rolls Out Free Safety Adventure Game for Children

27 Jun 2014, 09:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Seems interesting and a bit funny how Renault is that concerned about safety while its new Megane range only got a three-star Euro NCAP rating. However, the automaker claims children and teenagers m...

 
33k Chevrolet Cruze Sedans Involved In GM Stop-Sale Order
33k Chevrolet Cruze Sedans Involved In GM Stop-Sale Order

26 Jun 2014, 12:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The bigwigs over at General Motors announced an immediate stop-sale order on some 2013 and 2014 model year Chevrolet Cruze sedans currently in dealership inventory. As for the potentially hazardous ...

 
Ford F-150 Recalled Over Power Steering Glitch
Ford F-150 Recalled Over Power Steering Glitch

26 Jun 2014, 09:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you thought that GM is the only American carmaker suffering greatly due to its 20 million vehicles recalled this year, think again. Some Chrysler models experience problems with the Pentastar V6,...

 
2015 Ford Transit Offers Five Rows of Side Airbag Protection <span>· Video</span>
2015 Ford Transit Offers Five Rows of Side Airbag Protection · Video

25 Jun 2014, 23:25 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / The 2015 Ford Transit is redefining the full-size van in America not only in terms of versatility but also in regards to safety. With the new Transit van rolling off the assembly line and heading to...

 
Chinese Supplier Blamed by GM Over Ignition Switch Fiasco
Chinese Supplier Blamed by GM Over Ignition Switch Fiasco

25 Jun 2014, 19:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Well, well, well. What do we have here then? Moments ago we’ve found out that General Motors accused one of its suppliers as the prime cause for the millions of vehicles fitted with sub-standa...

 
2015 Ford Mustang Features Enhanced Sync 911 Assist
2015 Ford Mustang Features Enhanced Sync 911 Assist

25 Jun 2014, 15:29 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Introduced in 2008, the 911 Assist was the industry’s first gizmo to call 911 directly following a vehicle crash instead of relaying calls through a third party. But with the 2015 Ford Mustan...

 
34,600 Mazdas Affected by Takata Airbag Recall, Here Is the List
34,600 Mazdas Affected by Takata Airbag Recall, Here Is the List

25 Jun 2014, 12:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While Oxford Dictionaries declared “selfie” the word of the year for 2013, “recall” or “lemon” definitely have good chances of receiving the 2014 title, at least ...