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National Car Care Month: Use Correct Oil, But 3K Mile Change is A Waste

Car dealers and oil-change chains put stickers on our windshields after changing the oil in our vehicles that dictate you bring your car or truck back after another 3,000 miles. This is dinosaur thinking. Hardly any vehicles on the road require oil changes that frequently. While you can go longer than 3,000 miles, it is …

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Michigan Wants To Pass New Laws Allowing Driverless Cars

Silicon Valley sits at the epicenter of the nation’s software industry. Detroit sits at the epicenter of the nation’s auto industry. As the two industries merge, there’s a rivalry brewing. As automakers like Ford and internet giants like Google all push for technology advances that power the driverless car, the economy of each region could …

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Opinion: Electric Vehicle Futures Look Dim Despite New Models Coming

I love plug-in electric vehicles like tne Chevy Volt and Ford C-Max, but I am losing faith and hope that these vehicles are going to catch on in any meaningful way in the U.S. Earth Day is meant to spike our awareness of our environmental issues–climate change, water pollution, air pollution, ground and water contamination …

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Chevy’s New Cruze Gets 46 MPG

Just in time for Earth Day, General Motors‘ Chevrolet division says that the clean-diesel version of its Cruze sedan coming out this year will get 46 mpg in highway driving, four more miles per gallon than it projected last February. The announcement is important for Chevrolet because exceptionally high fueleconomy ratings tend to get the attention of buyers, and, say auto …

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Toyota Claims No.1 Status in The World–For Now.

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota held onto its status as the world’s top-selling automaker in the first quarter of this year, although the three-way race with General Motors and Volkswagen is proving tight, as The Japanese automaker’s sales fall in China and Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. reported Wednesday it sold 2.43 million vehicles during the January-March …

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Electric Cars Aren’t Actually Dead In The Water

The electric vehicle is both alive and well. Alive, yes. Well? That’s a new one. Contrary to recent reports of the electric car’s pending flop (see this AOL Autoscolumn), a pair of researchers say EVs are gaining in popularity among consumers and that sales are actually ahead of long-term growth projections. “The interesting thing is …

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