Archive for the ‘Program For Change’ Category
Friday, November 21st, 2008
The first thing people will want to do when this recession is over is buy a new car, says the man in charge of Nissan and Renault, so he and his colleagues at other car companies are busy making sure there'll be something new and trendy for you when the ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Various car companies are promising to have EVs on the road in a couple of years, but they'll still come with very limited range and long recharge times. Pricing should also be a problem as well, but they don't burn any gas if that's critical for you.
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
An overview of the situation surrounding the cash-flow problems facing the US car companies and why helping them now makes the most sense for the country.
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Various changes in the world cause one couple to consider and reject the big vehicle they had planned to buy, and now they're reconsidering their entire way of life.
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
A young writer who is too familiar with the misconceptions her fellow Americans have about Detroit-based cars writes to set the record straight.
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Taking old cars, repairing them and giving them to needy families is a fairly straightforward idea, and it has immediate affects on their lives and the local economy.
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
This stuff is hard to believe for the average North American woman, and just as hard to stomach.
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
The Texas National Organization For Women and the Environmental Defense Fund both support a program in Texas that lets low-mileage drivers (under 12,000 miles a year) buy insurance for the distance they drive, which could mean savings up to 75 percent for some people.
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
A self-described "Confused Citizen" poses some interesting questions about how we can help the car companies, the planet and even the consumers.
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Responding to a growing demand for ways to go green, more European cities put communal bicycles on their old streets using the newest technology.
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
You have to see the picture of this car in action to appreciate how it works, and how wonderful it would be to have one in many, many situations.
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Saturday, November 8th, 2008
If you own a Prius and you're willing to spend a lot of cash for a battery that lets it run short distances without using gasoline but not actually save any money, there are people willing to help you.
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Friday, November 7th, 2008
By Susan Winlaw
No matter how many airbags they put in cars from now on, there'll be no gigantic advance in auto safety until the car companies figure out a way to build cars that are smart enough to not run into each other.
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Partly because it's the right thing to do and partly because it's a good way of increasing revenues for the local coffers, police forces across America are taking a harder line with first-time speeders and the like, with penalties (try $1,000 plus jail time) that can really hurt. And apparently ...
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Only two things will bring about significant decreases in highway fatalities -- cars that don't run unless the seatbelts are engaged, and cars that talk to each other. Naturally, there's no one giving any serious thought to the easiest, cheapest and fastest answer (seatbelts), but lots of people are ready ...
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
By Susan Winlaw: GM and its OnStar safety and security network recently debuted a service in that allows the police to slow down a stolen car so they can recover it and capture the people who took it.
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
If you're at the leading edge of the Boomer generation, there might be a couple of insurance issues (for car and house) that could jump up and bite you. This story could offer guidance.
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
The temptation to go back to big trucks and SUVs may be great if the price of gasoline stays down, but Ford swears its North American product line will still feature lots of small vehicles.
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
A top speed of 80 mph still seems too high, but Ford's MyKey system could help teen safety by muting the sound system until their seatbelts are done up.
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
A long, detailed and depressing overview of how political interference kept the feds from taking action on banning cell phone use in cars, from Mother Jones.
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Ordinarily cars have gauges in the instrument panel that tell you when something's happening, either good or bad, but starting soon some of Ford's cars will display leaves in the electronic display when the driver's not using much gas.
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Some people in China think that global economic concern will cause buyers to think about that country's car brands -- Geely, Chery, Lifan, Brilliance and China Wall, among others -- when the time comes to buy something inexpensive.
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
While there's certainly a unique slant of things in the UK (what's a "grafter"?), there's plenty of truth in the situation for women in North America with regards to working in the car business.
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Various upgrades to a car-sharing plan operated by Daimler in Ulm, Germany, with super-tiny Smart models could increase the concept's acceptability with the public. The biggest change lets the consumer leave the car wherever they happen to end up.
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
A woman considers the state of modern manners and how they can be improved, such as men opening a car door for a woman, which is the modern version of a bouquet of flowers? Judge for yourself.
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
In pursuit of cars whose "inmates" are involved in "foul play," the field workers of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue And Prevention of Vice in Saudi Arabia have caused various crashes and much consternation. This is especially interesting when you see their definition of those moral violations.
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
A leading North American auto journalist praises Car Advice For Women (and Smart Men), which naturally enough pleases those of us who wrote the book. it's the kind of third-party endorsement authors can usually only dream about.
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
For a while now various firms have been offering parents the chance to keep an eye on what their teens are doing in the family car, which is supposed to reduce the risk of crashes and deaths. But there's also been considerable generational angst, and that has caused other problems.
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
In Egypt, 98 percent of foreign female visitors are faced with sexual harassment of some kind, and for Egyptian women it's 83 percent. So the young woman who went to great lengths to get the guy who groped her on the streets of Cairo charged did a remarkable thing, and ...
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
There's no guarantee that either plan will actually come into effect, but at least it might be helpful to see how John McCain and Barack Obama feel about the subject of low-emissions vehicles.
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Some things never change, but other things do, which is why the kind of reckless person who doesn't mind putting others at risk is now being caught by ever-evolving technology.
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Unless people can get financing, they won't be able to afford the vehicles they want and if they're not buying then lots of people will lose their jobs. That, essentially, is the reasoning behind a push by legislators looking to help buyers out.
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
A study on the suicide rate in the U.S. got one columnist thinking about why some women decide to kill themselves, and it seems that spending too much time alone in a car might be one of the main reasons.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
With gas prices hovering where they are, it's not altogether clear that the pressure to move from oil to alternative-fuel vehicles won't abate and slow down their development.
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
The People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Chrysler to rescind a rule forcing its assembly workers to wear leather boots at work. Sounds like a good reason to avoid Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep products until the company agrees.
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