Thursday, June 27, 2013

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Tesla Fan Petitions White House To 'Allow Tesla Motors To Sell Directly To Consumers'

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT

Since President Obama launched Petitions.WhiteHouse.gov in 2011, scores of Americans have filed petitions with the federal government. Some have been fairly straightforward, like the one hoping to raise the minimum wage to $11 per hour, and another asking the U.S. to formally condemn the Turkish government's reaction to protesters in Istanbul...

'Accident' Or 'Collision': Why Don't Drivers Get Jailed For Killing Pedestrians?

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 09:25 AM PDT

New York City is a tough nut to crack. Over 8,000,000 people inhabit its five boroughs, which means that living there is expensive, doing business there is risky, and staying sane amid all the hubbub is nothing less than miraculous. New York is also dangerous -- physically dangerous. True, the murder rate is a mere shadow of what it used to be in...

2013 Nissan Leaf Reviewed, Ford F-150 Tremor, 2014 Honda Odyssey: Today's Car News

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 07:57 AM PDT

Today at The Car Connection, we reviewed the 2013 Nissan Leaf electric car and Mazda unveiled the new 2014 Mazda 3. Ford introduced the 2014 F-150 Tremor sport truck and Honda priced the 2014 Odyssey minivan. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. We looked back at our time with the 2013 Audi Allroad. Honda priced...

Car Thefts Are Rising, With California Leading The Way

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 07:27 AM PDT

After eight straight years of declines, vehicle thefts are on the rise in the U.S., not good news to car owners hoping to hold on to their vehicles. Thefts rose 1.3 percent in 2012, from 715,373 in 2011, according to preliminary figures released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), citing data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

2014 Ford F-150 Tremor: EcoBoost Goes Short-Bed, Short-Cab

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 05:30 AM PDT

The latest addition to the Ford F-150 lineup is the Tremor, a new sport truck coming in the 2014 model year. Ford showed off the new truck today in Dearborn, one of the first models confirmed for the 2014 F-150 lineup. The name Tremor's been applied to Ford trucks and SUVs in the past. In the 1990s, the Tremor was an Explorer-based concept...

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