The growing move toward electric vehicles will require an infrastructure to support it, and plans are already underway in South Carolina to provide a network of charging stations for the new cars, according to nonprofit group Plug In Carolina.The group's partnership with Eaton Corporation has seen 30 charging stations at which drivers can hook up [...]
A rash of car thefts in the area of Great Falls, Montana provoked the interest of a number of law enforcement agencies recently, as spokespeople told the Great Falls Tribune that the spike in stolen cars could be connected to nearby Spokane, Washington, and associated drug crime.One spokesman for the Great Falls Police Department told [...]
A would-be car thief in Galveston, Texas, decided against keeping his prize after discovering a 2-year-old boy still in the back seat, according to a report from the Galveston County Daily News.Galveston Police Captain Jeff Heyse told the paper that a couple fishing from a rock pier earlier this week had their Mitsubishi Eclipse parked [...]
Mercedes-Benz SL-class convertibles are the most likely models to receive a traffic citation on U.S. roadways, according to the results of a survey released this week by Quality Planning, a car insurance analysis company."Besides the sociological aspect of 'who drives what,' the manner in which private passenger cars and trucks are driven has a meaningful [...]
This is Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, according to AAA, and with elderly people the fastest-growing part of the American population, making sure to stay informed about their risks behind the wheel is a good idea. The group cites figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showing seniors have the highest per-mile crash rate [...]
A proposed California law could allow more than one driver to pool responsibility for car insurance costs on shared vehicles, and receive reimbursement from group members for gas, depreciation, and maintenance, according to an announcement from car accident law firm Carman and Bevington. Car sharing programs have been around for some time, the law firm [...]
The Kia Soul Plus provides a combination of safety, resale value and a low price that makes it an attractive choice for parents looking to give a new teen driver the right vehicle, according to personal finance website Kiplinger. Kiplinger associate editor Jessica Anderson says the Soul Plus has a number of features that make [...]
A large chimpanzee that was being kept as a pet by a Kansas City resident escaped Tuesday, running amok through a neighborhood, attempting to get into cars and smashing the windshield of a police car that responded to the scene."It was a bizarre lunch hour at 77th and Indiana," blogged Police Chief James Corwin. The [...]
In order to boost sales of its 2011 Explorer SUVs, Ford is offering sizeable financial incentives to current Explorer owners. With $750 on the table in exchange for lease agreement, and $1,500 available for buyers, the temptation could prove tough to resist.Four million letters will be sent to consumers who already own Explorers, according to [...]
The inventor of one of the country's most widely known anti-car theft devices, The Club, died yesterday in a head-on collision in western Pennsylvania. Two other people were also killed, according to the Associated Press.James Winner, who was 81, is said to have sold 10 million Clubs through his company, Winner International. The Washington Post [...]