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New App Can Ward Off Holiday Car Breakdowns

Estimates are that more than 45 million Americans will hit the road for the July 4th holiday weekend…if they can figure out which weekend it is. With July 4 on Wednesday, many of us are […]

New Way to Find Best Parking Spot

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Now you can not only get where you want to go, you’ll be able to find a place to park when you get there. TomTom, a maker of vehicle navigation systems, has teamed up with […]

Military Flying Cars Might Spur Consumer Sales

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Flying cars have been expected for decades, but now the age of the flying car might have arrived thanks to its military potential. Sure, many of us have craved flying cars for their ability to […]

Use a Car without Ownership Hassles with Maven Car-Sharing

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For many of us car ownership is a gigantic plus. It enables us to work a significant distance from our home. It enables us to travel freely on our own schedule. And it enables us […]

Roadie Takes Shipping in an Uber/Lyft Direction

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If you have ever asked someone to pick up a package for you on the way home, then you immediately grasp the concept behind Roadie app-based shipping. The community has been helping people get their […]

Study Says Most Americans Pay Too Much for Car Insurance

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None of us wants to pay too much for things, but it is very difficult to determine what too much looks like for services like car insurance. We know we need and want to be […]

Has Propane’s Future Faded?

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In many parts of America, gasoline prices are hovering around $2.50 per gallon — and that relatively low price has had the predictable effect of prompting many consumers to stick with gasoline rather than taking […]

Will Your Next Car be Self-Driving?

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Some pundits suggest that private ownership of autonomous (self-driving) cars is right around the corner. But that’s not the conclusion of Bern Grush, a systems engineer, futurist and the author of a recently published study […]

Consumer Reports: High-tech Models Have ‘Growing Pains’

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Exhibiting the power of Elon Musk, Consumer Reports led off its coverage of its own Annual Auto Reliability Study by predicting the reliability of the Tesla Model 3, a vehicle that isn’t on the market […]

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Cars Talking to Cars is Next Safety Innovation

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If you want to save American consumers some gasoline, invent something that will prevent cars from crashing into each other. According to Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI) 2010 Urban Mobility Report, traffic congestion wastes nearly 3.9 […]