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Evenflo First Choice Child Seats Recalled

consumeraffairs.com 5 days ago

Evenflo is recalling some of its First Choice infant restraint systems because a label was left off. The label contains instructions about registering the child seat so that consumers can be notified if the seat is recalled, according to the National Highway ...

Subaru Wins IIHS 2010 Safety Competition

consumeraffairs.com 6 days ago

Winners now required to provide good protection in rollovers Nineteen cars and eight SUVs have earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) Top Safety Pick award for 2010. And -- for the first time -- good performance in a roof strength ...

Tiny Iowa town has the chargers, awaiting drivers

AP News 6 days ago

Tiny Elk Horn, Iowa, has plenty of electric car chargers _ but cars might not make it to town Hoping to see the USA in your Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf? The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of ...

Electric Elk Horn

AP News 6 days ago

Shown is an electric-car charger before being installed at a service station, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in Elk Horn, Iowa. Elk Horn, more than 1,500 miles from the electric car mecca of California and hundreds of miles from the nearest charging station, ...

AN ABOUT-FACE ON E-CARS

BusinessWeek 7 days ago

AN ABOUT-FACE ON E-CARS While other automakers are stressing electric cars and hybrids, Chrysler is backing away. When the company was owned by Cerberus Capital Management, run by Robert Nardelli, and begging for bailout cash from the feds--it eventually got $12.5 billion--it ...

Lawsuit Says Hyundai Airbags Fail to Deploy

consumeraffairs.com 7 days ago

Disturbing trend for Korean automaker A class-action lawsuit filed this week claims that Hyundai's air bag sensors don't accurately distinguish between children and adults, increasing the chances that an airbag won't properly deploy in the event of an accident. The suit, filed ...

Nissan chief: Electric car adoption to be gradual

AP News 7 days ago

Nissan-Renault chief says customers to switch to electric cars gradually, not overnight The head of the Nissan-Renault alliance said Thursday that customers' adoption of electric vehicles will be a slow and gradual process, with traditional gasoline-powered cars continuing to dominate the market ...

Exclusive: GM must pay debt, make money before IPO

Reuters US Online Report Business News 8 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors <GM.UL> should focus on making money and repaying U.S. Treasury loans before turning to public markets to sell the taxpayer's stake in the automaker, a senior government official said. Ron Bloom, head of the Obama administration's autos ...

2010 BMW 650i convertible is a grand tourer

AP News 8 days ago

Slowest-selling BMW car retains old styling, thirsty V-8 The model year on the BMW 650i is 2010, but this lengthy, smooth-riding, luxury coupe and convertible feel a bit like yesteryear. Theres the old BMW styling, with a back end that looks subtly ...

Ford, Subaru, VW win insurance industry picks

AP News 8 days ago

Ford, Subaru, VW collect 'top safety pick' awards from insurance industry group Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen lead the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a closely watched assessment used by car companies to lure safety-conscious consumers to ...

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