Pop Culture Clips: Kia Channels Lady Gaga, RuPaul Drives Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:01 PM PDT  It's Friday, it's August, and it's National Duck Out For A Drink Day. Add those three facts together, carry the one, and you'll discover that most of your co-workers have already checked out for the weekend. We're right behind them. But before we mosey into the mid-afternoon sunset, here are two car-related clips for your weekend consideration...  |
Tesla Electric Car Outselling Entire Buick, Lincoln, Porsche Lineups In CA Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:01 PM PDT  Yes, it's shocking. California automaker Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is outselling a number of very well established vehicle brands in its home state—with only one model: the all-electric Model S. In June, Tesla outsold (on the basis of registrations) Buick, Lincoln, Porsche, Volvo, and Cadillac—and far outsold Jaguar and Land Rover...  |
Tesla Model S Safety Score, Diesel Nissan Titan: This Week In Social Media Posted: 23 Aug 2013 10:56 AM PDT  It's been a crazy busy week and if you weren't following The Car Connection on social media, well, you missed a lot. This week Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] made a brouhaha over its Model S being so safe it broke NHTSA's testing equipment. At one point, NHSTA stepped in as it felt Tesla was going beyond the reasonable guidelines with its claims. Meanwhile...  |
Americans Worry Less About Dangerous Driving Habits As Fatalities Increase Posted: 23 Aug 2013 08:15 AM PDT  For several years, traffic fatality rates in the U.S. have been falling, reaching historic lows. Though there's some disagreement about the reasons for the decline, most credit improved safety features on automobiles (e.g. electronic stability control) and improved driving habits (e.g. wider disapproval of drinking and driving). But the good news...  |
Next Year, GM Cars Will Charge Your Phone Without Wires Posted: 23 Aug 2013 07:48 AM PDT  It's a sad fact: for some drivers, our dashboards and center consoles look increasingly like the backs of our home televisions. There are wires plugged into stereos, cables running to chargers jammed into cigarette lighters, wires hastily wrapped and thrown over shifter knobs. When will the madness end? For General Motors fans, the answer is: next...  |
Chevy SS Coupe, Global Traffic Fatalities, Tesla Trademark Tangle: What’s New Posted: 23 Aug 2013 07:15 AM PDT  Today at The Car Connection, we saw a design study of a coupe version of the upcoming Chevrolet SS, saw a chart depicting traffic fatality rates around the world, and learned that Tesla was having some trademark troubles in China. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. If GM built a coupe version of its upcoming...  |
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