| City CarShare Toyota drive electric cars into Pleasanton |
Sep 12th, 2013 |
City CarShare CEO Rick Hutchinson. San Francisco-based carsharing nonprofit City CarShare has inked a deal with Toyota to launch an electric car pilot in a Pleasanton business park. As part of the three-year deal, Toyota Motor Sales is providing a fleet of 30 Scion iQ EV cars of which there are only 100 in the world to employees of companies in the Hacienda Business Park. The idea, according to ...
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| FMCSA begins efforts to improve truck safety |
Sep 11th, 2013 |
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In early 2012, President Obama signed into law the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, also known as MAP-21. Among other things, this law provided the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with the authority and the means to continue its efforts to improve highway safety and reduce the incidence of truck accidents across the U.S.
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| New Jersey court outlines rule for remote texter liability |
Sep 11th, 2013 |
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It is no secret that distracted driving is one of the most pressing threats to drivers on our nation's highways. Indeed, many states, including New Jersey, have passed legislation strictly prohibiting the practice of texting or the use of cell phones while behind the wheel.
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| New Issue- Renault SA prices 600 mln euro 2018 bond |
Sep 11th, 2013 |
Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:56am EDT Sep 11(Reuters) -Following are terms and conditions of a bond priced on Wednesday. Borrower Renault SA Issue Amount 600 million ...
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| Chrysler Tesla spar over who repaid government first |
Sep 11th, 2013 |
Sergio Marchionne, left, the CEO of Chrysler and Fiat. Chrysler contends that it beat Tesla for the honor of being the first American company to repay a federal loan. DETROIT - Chrysler and Tesla Motors, both led by media-savvy executives, are trading public jabs over the definition of payback.Tesla wired $452 million on Wednesday to repay the remaining portion of its U.S. Department of Energy ...
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| 2014 Corvette Stingray Review |
Sep 11th, 2013 |
For the all-new seventh-generation Corvette, Chevrolet has revived the haloed Stingray name, last used in the mid-1970s. The 2014 Stingray coupe is available first, and features a Targa-type design with a storable carbon-fiber roof panel. ...
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| Renault Bollore to team up on electric cars report |
Sep 11th, 2013 |
PARIS | Wed Sep 11, 2013 3:47pm EDT PARIS (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault is set to partner Bollore to boost its presence in electric cars, Le Figaro newspaper reported on Wednesday. The partnership would apply to the use of charging stations and batteries, Le Figaro said, without citing its sources. Renault, which currently buys lithium batteries from South Korea's LG Chem, ...
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| Cyber culture The only way to guarantee safety on the roads - remove car drivers |
Sep 11th, 2013 |
At the end of August, Honda unveiled a new system it's been working on to improve the safety of pedestrians who have to cope not only with badly driven vehicles in their vicinity but also their own tendency to wander into roads without ...
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| Motoring review Renault Clio RS 200 Turbo |
Sep 11th, 2013 |
Like Brut aftershave and the hairy chest, the hot hatch is a relic of another age. It is a footnote in the death of flashy masculinity. In the 1970s and 1980s, you couldn't pull away from a traffic light without some Gary boy in a GTI roaring off amid a flurry of fluffy dice. Today, young men drive Kia Picantos - if they can afford the insurance.So how retro of Renault to reheat the formula, ...
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| Pope Francis accepts gift of a 1984 Renault intends to drive it - AP |
Sep 11th, 2013 |
In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 picture made available by the Vatican newspaper l'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, right, speaks with Rev. Renzo Zocca, second from right, and owner of the Renault 4L seen at left, his assistant Luigi Macchioni, and car-body repairer Stefano Veronesi, fourth from right, after he was donated the car by Zocca, at the Vatican. Rev. Zocca, 70, told the Associated ...
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