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February 10, 2011
Honda Civic Owners, Better Check Your Brakes; Class-Action Lawsuit Claims it Could Save Your Life
HondaA little more than two years ago, Rivella Dunner of Los Angeles bought a new 2009 Honda Civic at a dealership in Woodland Hills. She, like most Civic owners, was psyched that the car was both affordable and supposedly reliable. Thirteen months and 10,433 miles later, however, Dunner was sho ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
Tesla Motors Forgoes Southern California Plant; City Of Downey Calls Out Elon Musk As A Liar
Tesla MotorsTesla's Model S.After flirting with Downey and Long Beach, electric carmaker Tesla Motors has decided to build its next manufacturing plant in Northern California, where the company is based, Downey city officials announced Thursday. City leaders expressed deep disappointment: "T ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
Toyota Blames Some Customers Who Report Sudden Acceleration
In one of the more anticlimactic communiques from corporate America this week, Torrance-based Toyota Motor Sales USA announced that it has formed "SMART" teams to spin claims of sudden acceleration in its vehicles and blame the victims help local law enforcement uncover the causes of sudden a ... More >>
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April 5, 2010
U.S. Seeks $16 Million-Plus Fine From Toyota
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking the maximum fine of more than $16 million against Toyota Motor Corporation for remaining silent about acceleration problems four months even though it allegedly knew about its "sticky pedal" issues, the U.S. Department of T ... More >>
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March 30, 2010
Figuring Out Toyota's Acceleration Problems IS Rocket Science
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.As smug as Toyota has been in declaring recent allegations of sudden-acceleration in its cars unfounded, it's wild to see U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announcing Tuesday that none other than NASA will be helping federal officials find th ... More >>
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March 26, 2010
L.A. Could Be Ground Zero For Toyota's Legal Woes
Torrance-based Toyota Motor Sales USA has asked that 200 sudden-acceleration lawsuits be consolidated into one case to be heard before a federal judge in Los Angeles. According to Associated Press, Toyota lawyer Cari Dawson argued before a U.S. Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in San Diego ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
After SoCal P.R. Victory, Toyota On Counteroffensive (But Still Secretive)
We're hard-pressed to think of any other facet of life where a company that might have caused accidents worth possible millions in liability and lost sales is able to investigate itself. But that seems to be the case as Torrance-based Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. gets another crack at a runaway ... More >>
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February 18, 2010
Report IDs Tesla Employees Killed In Plane Crash
The Tesla Roadster.The San Jose Mercury-News on Thursday identified all three people who died when a small, Los Angeles-bound plane they were in crashed Wednesday morning in the East Palo Alto fog. According the paper, the trio of Tesla Motors employees on board included Doug Bourn, 56, a se ... More >>
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January 27, 2010
Who Builds The Electric Car? Possibly Torrance
GMThe Chevrolet Volt.In a strange reversal for Southern Californians who lamented the death of General Motors' EV1 electric car more than ten years ago, the car company announced it will invest $6 million in its Torrance Advanced Technology Center as it gears up to help the car maker produce ... More >>
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December 1, 2009
Industry Titans To Discuss Fossil Fuel Alternatives For Auto Industry
Ahead of this week's Los Angeles International Auto Show, a select group of industry titans is gathering at the Hammer Museum in Westwood Tuesday to discuss alternative fuels and new technologies for the auto industry. Scheduled attendees include Henrik Fisker, CEO of Fisker Automotive, John Krafci ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Has L.A.'s Auto Show Overshadowed Detroit and Tokyo?
In the wake of the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler, a downsized Detroit auto show that saw the likes of Nissan, Porsche and Mitsubishi pull out, and a Tokyo auto show subsequently passed up by the Detroit three automakers, is L.A.'s own annual showcase next the place to be for the auto w ... More >>
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August 20, 2009
Auto Design Discussion
In the wake of the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler, a downsized Detroit auto show that saw the likes of Nissan, Porsche and Mitsubishi pull out, and a Tokyo auto show subsequently passed up by the Detroit three automakers, is L.A.'s own annual showcase next the place to be for the auto w ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2009
Today in Photographs: August 17, 1979
Car salesmen await buyers at a Van Nuys Chrysler-Plymouth dealership. Chrysler was an American automobile manufacturer.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL
Blogs
December 30, 2008
Honda's Scary Robots Invade L.A.
Preparing the way for the debut of Honda's 49-foot version of its ASIMO humanoid, which will lead Thursday's Rose Parade, the Japanese car giant this week sent hordes of its mini-sized ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative MObility) models into Los Angeles. Having vanquished Detroit's Big Three automak ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2008
Chrysler: DOA?
Today Chrysler announced it was shutting down all of its 30 North American manufacturing facilities for a month. Tight credit was cited, along with the fact that the Big Three car maker will be able to save lots of money by not paying people for the next month, along with not having to pay heating a ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2008
America Without Chevys?
Driving down Vermont Avenue, you might spot, next door to the Islamic Center of Southern California, one of those alarming signs of the times that are multiplying as the economy cartwheels to a crash. It's an anonymous-looking building with a huge parking lot, whose facade simply bears the number 44 ... More >>
News
July 13, 2006
Who's Resurrecting the Electric Car?
Forget those poky little golf cars — the battery-powered muscle car is just around the corner
Film+TV
June 29, 2006
Film Reviews
Forget those poky little golf cars — the battery-powered muscle car is just around the corner
News
April 27, 2006
6 Highs and Lows of American Automobilia
Forget those poky little golf cars — the battery-powered muscle car is just around the corner
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January 5, 2006
6 Highs and Lows of American Automobilia
Forget those poky little golf cars — the battery-powered muscle car is just around the corner
News
September 22, 2005
Better Mileage On Ice
Why refrigerators are more efficient than cars
News
May 13, 2004
Hijacked by Hybrids
Who unplugged the electric car?
News
August 8, 2002
Out of Gas
Auto industry cancels plans to kill anti-global-warming bill at ballot box

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