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Google allowed to test self-driving car on Nevada public streets
Nevada has officially granted Google a license to test autonomous vehicles on public streets. The tech giant underwent demonstrations in…
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IIHS crowns three new Top Safety Picks [w/video]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has crowned two sedans and a hatchback as Top Safety Picks: the 2013 Chevrolet…
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NHTSA expands Toyota fire probe to 1.4M cars and trucks
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has grown its investigation into certain Toyota models to cover a full 1.4 million…
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Toyota Prius Plug-In gets four stars in NHTSA crash test [w/video]
What a difference 120 pounds make. That’s the weight difference between a standard Toyota Prius hatchback and its newer, slightly…
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Toyota recalling 778,000 RAV4, HS 250h units for loose suspension fasteners
Toyota has announced that it will recall a total of 778,000 units that may have been manufactured with improperly-tightened nuts…
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Fisker Statement: Karma batteries not to blame for fire
As we suspected yesterday, the first official word from Fisker about the Karma that caught fire in Woodside, CA this…
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Overheating batteries put Chrysler plug-in hybrid testing on hold
Chrysler hasn’t exactly been in a leadership role when it comes to, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Disbanding the ENVI group…
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Regulators push for hybrid-electric warning sound requirement for blind pedestrians
US regulators continue to push for a mandate that makers of hybrids and electric-drive vehicles install a pedestrian-warning system on…
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How Sandy (may have) set 17 plug-in hybrids on fire
Can Hurricane Sandy’s flood waters be blamed for the fiery destruction of 16 Fisker Karmas and a Toyota Prius? On…
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Autoblog Podcast #309
Lots of Audi diesels on the way, GM says 500,000 electric cars per year soon, Ford fiesta EcoBoost 1.0, NTSB…
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