| Drowsy driving identified as a safety issue |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
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Most drivers in the U.S. are familiar with the dangers of drunk driving and distracted driving. Drowsy driving is, however, nearly as dangerous.
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| Car sales down in October two-wheeler off-take picks up |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
New Delhi, Nov 1 : Automobile sales in October revealed a downturn in passenger car offtake due to a sluggish economy plagued by high fuel and interest ...
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| Toyota Kirloskar logs more sales in October |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
Chennai, Nov 1 : Japanese-Indian car joint venture Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd Friday said it logged a seven percent sales growth in the domestic market last month as compared sales in October last ...
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| General Motors outsells Chrysler in Canada for October |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
TORONTO | Fri Nov 1, 2013 1:20pm EDT TORONTO Nov 1 (Reuters) - General Motors Co outsold Chrysler in Canada in October, company data showed Friday, thanks to healthy sales of GM's Cadillac and Buick vehicles. GM Canada sold 20,503 vehicles last month. Car sales were off 0.2 percent in October from a year earlier at 6,169 units as healthy retail sales were offset by lower fleet sales. ...
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| Friday Sector Laggards Precious Metals Auto Parts |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
In trading on Friday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.9%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Great Panther Silver (GPL), down about 10.4% and shares of Mag Silver (MVG) off about 8.4% on the day. Also lagging the market Friday are auto parts shares, down on the day by about 2% as a group, led down by Accuride (ACW), trading lower by about 26.9% ...
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| Volkswagen slumps Audi rises Jaguar Land Rover gains |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
MORE Volkswagen reported today that it's October U.S. sales slumped 18% to 28,129.The October results leave the brand down 4% for the year, missing the U.S. sales growth lifting the rest of the industry.Looking at the bright side, VW Group of America head Jonathan Browning pointed out that the VW brand is "operating from a new plateau" after several years of growth."After more ...
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| Nissan shuffles brass after weak earnings big recalls |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
Nissan Motor said in Japan today that its net income for the quarter that ended Sept. 30 was up just 2%, to the equivalent of $1.1. billion on revenue of $25.4 billion. It announced a management shakeup to revive the ...
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| GM recalls some new pickup trucks in U.S. to fix seatbacks |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling nearly 19,000 of its all-new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks to repair a problem with the manual reclining seatback, according to a notice from U.S. auto safety regulators on ...
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| Dash The Fitbit For Cars Is Raising $1.2 Million |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
raising $1.2 million on AngelList. Dash promises to turn any car built after 1996 into a smart car by connecting it via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to your smartphone. While Dash doesn't make any hardware itself, third-party manufacturers can include the Dash algorithm onto low-cost devices, which consumers can plug in to the government-mandated open OBD (onboard diagnostics) port on their ...
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| NHTSA Traffic Deaths Fell 4.2 Percent in First Half of 2013 |
Nov 1st, 2013 |
A new analysis by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates 15,470 people died in the U.S. from traffic incidents in the first half of 2013 -- down 4.2 percent from the first half of 2012. A fraction of that comes because Americans traveled by car less, with vehicle miles traveled down 0.1 percent. Add it all up and NHTSA says deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled fell ...
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