Automakers and parts companies are about to go on a hiring spree to find engineers, technicians and factory workers to build the next generation of vehicles. The new employees will be part of a larger, busier workforce. Factories today are operating at about 95 percent of capacity, and many are already running three shifts, which …
A grandmother sat in a parked Honda Odyssey waiting for her granddaughter to come out of a tutoring class in Hattiesburg, Miss., when an airbag in the vehicle spontaneously deployed. No accident. No impact. But the random deployment on May 8, 2012 sent her to the hospital, where doctors stitched her upper lip and dentists …
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From Pritt stick in school bags to Audi sports cars, adhesives have come a long way since natural gums and resins, and new high-tech variations are currently top of the list for carmakers as they seek ways to make cars lighter and tougher. For auto suppliers like Henkel, PPG and Atlas Copco, providing tailor-made adhesives …
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Behind the wheel of a car, hands-free does not mean risk-free. Hands-freetechnologies, such as voice recognition, can be just as distracting to drivers as the hand-held habits they’re meant to curb, according to a AAA-sponsored study released Wednesday. Motorists had delayed reaction times and missed visual cues while using hands-free devices, leading them to miss …
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After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. But the recall, which came in an 11th-hour deal between the automaker and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, covers only 1.56 million of the 2.7 million Jeeps that …
Chrysler Agrees To Limited Recall Affecting 1.5 Million Jeeps. Read More »
Mazda unveiled what’s probably their most important model Wednesday at an empty warehouse space in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, a neighborhood filled with artsy boutiques and graffiti that could one day hang on the walls of a museum. The 2014 Mazda3 will be the second production model Mazda has manufactured using what …
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A deal between the government and Chrysler over Jeeps linked to deadly fires isn’t sitting well with many Jeep owners and auto safety advocates. In early June, after a nearly three-year investigation, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administrationrecommended that Chrysler recall 2.7 million older Jeep SUVs because the fuel tanks could rupture, leak and …
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Toyota received a two-month extension to make changes to its popular RAV4crossover before the vehicle underwent an important new safety test. The extra time didn’t help. The vehicle received the worst-possible grade of “poor” on the new small-front overlap test administered by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety this week. Other small SUVs received their …
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Did something happen in your life that inspired you to write about this topic? Yes, with my father. He, Bill, was incredibly stubborn and always prided himself on his driving capability. He couldn’t wait to get his driver’s license when he turned 16 and he ultimately became a truck driver during WWII, delivering to a …
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Buying a used car is already risky business, and this story of fraud in New York will have you double checking your paperwork. Matin Jarmuz used Craigslist.com to sell his 1992 Toyota Camry. According to Jarmuz’s Craigslist post, at 21-years-old and 200,000 miles the Camry still had a smooth, quite ride. He sold the car …
