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University of Michigan Opens Miniature City For Driverless Vehicle Testing

University of Michigan Opens Miniature City For Driverless Vehicle Testing

The University of Michigan’s Mobility Transformation Center estimates that driverless vehicles could save tens of thousands of lives, as well as prevent more than a million injuries suffered each year in car collisions, and that’s just in the US. Hot Technology: Chevrolet Leads Industry with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay Integration The Mobility Transformation Center […]

 The News Wheel

[VIDEO] Footage Of Caitlyn Jenner’s Fatal Crash Finally Released

[VIDEO] Footage Of Caitlyn Jenner’s Fatal Crash Finally Released

Video of Caitlyn Jenner’s fatal crash that took the life of 69-year-old Kim Howe has finally been released to the public. Here is the video of Jenner’s Cadillac Escalade colliding with the back of Howe’s white Lexus, which preceded the Lexus’ head on collision with a Hummer: Jenner was not charged with a crime, but […]

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Caitlyn Jenner Is Being Sued Over Fatal Car Crash in February

Caitlyn Jenner Is Being Sued Over Fatal Car Crash in February

You might suspect that Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner) has just permanently moved into the sidelines of Facebook where trending news stories hang out. Following her announcement that she is a transgendered woman, her cover appearance onVanity Fair, and her ESPY Award for her courage to be herself despite the consequences created by some of […]

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Driver Banned From Cell Phone Use After Fatal Crash

Driver Banned From Cell Phone Use After Fatal Crash

As part of her sentence for hitting and killing a bicyclist while driving distracted last fall, a 23-year-old Michigan woman is being forbidden from owning a cell phone or any portable communications device for the full duration of her two-year probation. Mitzi Nelson pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the death of […]

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Want to See Some Trucks Crash into Concrete Barriers?

Want to See Some Trucks Crash into Concrete Barriers?

Of course you do. Knock yourself out, champ. Although you could probably enjoy this footage without ever even questioning its raison d’être, we’ll go ahead and share the behind-the-scenes story anyway: the Texas A&M Transportation Institute is testing new concrete barriers for the Causeway Bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana, which need to be able to keep […]

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Drunken Skateboarding Taco Crashes into Car in Brooklyn

Drunken Skateboarding Taco Crashes into Car in Brooklyn

It’s not every day that you see a drunken skateboarding taco go speeding into New York City traffic, so treasure this moment: A video posted by Baby’s All Right (@babysallright) on Apr 11, 2015 at 3:47pm PDT The incident above was a promotional stunt gone horribly right. The mobile Mexican meal was advertising the daily […]

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Final Top Gear Episode on 2016 MX-5 Nearly Crashed Mazda’s Website

Final <i>Top Gear</i> Episode on 2016 MX-5 Nearly Crashed Mazda’s Website

While most of the buzz concerning the BBC’s highly-successful Top Gear series has been about the sudden departure of the show’s controversial host, Jeremy Clarkson, the show apparently also boosted UK interest in Mazda’s next generation roadster before it went on a sudden hiatus. According to Automotive Management Online, the final episode of Top Gear […]

 Patrick Grieve

Furious 7 is the Fastest, Furiousest, Sevenest F&F Film Yet

<em>Furious 7</em> is the Fastest, Furiousest, Sevenest F&F Film Yet

It’s been almost 14 years since the original The Fast and the Furious hit theatres in June of 2001, and the series has changed considerably since then. Not in its sensibilities, which are still wonderfully juvenile, but in its ambitions. In the first film, Vin Diesel and his posse of elite street racers were getting […]

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Kardashian Car Crash Tragically Nonfatal

Kardashian Car Crash Tragically Nonfatal

We kid, we kid

TMZ is reporting that a black GMC Yukon carrying three of our nation’s most prominent Kardashians skidded off an icy road in Montana and crashed into a ditch this weekend. There was reportedly no damage to the vehicle or its passengers, and there were no citations issued by the police. Khloe Kardashian was driving North […]

 Catherine Hiles

[VIDEO] Elderly Driver Crashes into Nine Cars in a Piggly Wiggly Parking Lot

[VIDEO] Elderly Driver Crashes into Nine Cars in a Piggly Wiggly Parking Lot

Quite often, I find myself stuck behind someone going 25 in a 45 zone, and understandably start yelling at the unknown person whose sole purpose is obviously to ruin my day. But many ultra-careful (read: slow) drivers are simply old folks who could easily be our parents or grandparents, and have no choice but to […]

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Jenner’s Tragic Accident is Latest in Line of Incidents Involving Celebrities and Escalades

Jenner’s Tragic Accident is Latest in Line of Incidents Involving Celebrities and Escalades

Curse of the Escalade? Bruce Jenner just latest celeb to find trouble in luxe SUV http://t.co/mOJZlzlUMC (AP photo) pic.twitter.com/bEejJ1bb9W — USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 9, 2015 This past Saturday, former Olympian Bruce Jenner was involved in a tragic multicar accident in Malibu that resulted in the death of a 69-year-old woman. In a somewhat unusual […]

 Patrick Grieve

Latest GM Recalls Total 181,000 Vehicles

Latest GM Recalls Total 181,000 Vehicles

Surprised? Only that it's not more...

Last week we reported on General Motors’ recall of 189,000 regrettably flammable SUVs, then clapped our hands together and said, “Welp, that’s that!” So it is with great surprise that we must now report that, once again, GM is recalling a whole bunch of cars. We’re not angry, GM, we’re just disappointed. Let’s start small […]

 Kyle Johnson

2002-04 Saturn Vue Latest Ignition Switch Recall

2002-04 Saturn Vue Latest Ignition Switch Recall

Just when you thought it was safe to get back behind the wheel of a Saturn Vue… Now that I’ve gotten that terrible Jaws pun out of the way, General Motors has announced a recall for 312,000 more vehicles. Most prominent among this number is the Saturn Vue, of which GM has recalled 202,115 model […]

 Kyle Johnson

Barra’s Testimony Released Ahead of House Meeting

Barra’s Testimony Released Ahead of House Meeting

GM CEO: "...my sincere apologies to everyone who has been affected by this recall…especially to the families and friends of those who lost their lives or were injured. I am deeply sorry.”

This afternoon, Mary Barra will go before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight to testify on behalf of General Motors regarding the 2.53 million vehicles recalled for faulty ignition switches. While she will not be taking the hill until 2 pm EST, Barra’s testimony has already been released online (via USA […]

 Kyle Johnson

Latest GM Recall: 490K Trucks and SUVs, 172K Cruzes

Latest GM Recall: 490K Trucks and SUVs, 172K Cruzes

The latest recall of a combined 662,000 GM-made vehicle brings the total number of vehicles recalled in March to 4.8 million.

To General Motors, vehicle recalls for safety-related issues may well be the equivalent of Pringles: “Once you pop, you can’t stop.” Except in this case, their reward is not the salty goodness of potato chips, but rather the confidence that the survival of their empire may well depend on how they handle the mess that […]

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NHTSA’s Safety Tests Determine 2013’s Safest Cars

NHTSA’s Safety Tests Determine 2013’s Safest Cars

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s coveted 5-star test has been something of a topic of discussion in the news cycle lately with Telsa claiming that its Model S is the safest car ever tested by the NHTSA and was awarded a never-before-seen 5.4-star rating.  This has prompted the NHTSA to respond by essentially throwing […]

 Aaron Widmar

Is Buying a Used Car Safe for My Family?

Is Buying a Used Car Safe for My Family?

Are pre-owned vehicles safe for families to drive?

Buying a brand-new vehicle ensures that no one else has used and abused it. But, many parents don’t have the funds to afford a new car for their family when they’re also paying for many other expenses. Is it safe for families to buy a used car that someone else already drove and racked up […]

 Caleb Cook

Chevy’s 2023 Lineup Wins 7 NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings

Chevy’s 2023 Lineup Wins 7 NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings

Seven of Chevrolet’s 2023 models can take their place among the safest vehicles on the road today. These vehicles have all attained the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s 5-Star Overall Safety Rating — awarded only after an extensive series of crash tests. Coming Soon: Meet the first-ever Chevrolet Silverado EV Chevrolet’s NHTSA 5-Star standard-bearers for […]

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