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The Next Honda CR-V Hybrid Is Reportedly Running Late, and So Is Honda’s Plan for a Cheaper Hybrid
Nikkei reports Honda’s redesigned CR-V hybrid won’t start U.S. mass production until May or later. That delays the first payoff from Honda’s cheaper hybrid system, with CR-V supply already at 17 days and Greensburg’s Civic future unanswered.
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Police Say a Stolen Car Hit a Baltimore Cruiser, Rolled Off Driverless and Burned. A New Law Won’t Change Where the Teen’s Case Goes.
Police say a car flagged as stolen hit a Baltimore cruiser, rolled driverless and burned. Maryland’s new youth charging law doesn’t change where the teen’s case goes.
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Honda Wants to Charge Your EV Through the Road, and It’s Squaring Off With Toyota on a Japanese Expressway
Honda has spent five years figuring out how to push electricity through asphalt into a moving vehicle. Now it says the core hardware works. The harder part comes next: proving that the hardware survives years of loaded trucks driving over it at expressway speed. On October 5, Honda R&D announced that it had developed the…
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Sunset Auto Sold a Mustang With No Title. The Refund Took 500 Days and a Prosecutor.
Two Wichita buyers got $20,600 back from Sunset Auto Sales’ surety bond, but only after a prosecutor sued and the insurer’s first answer was no.
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Nissan Lost 152,000 Sales in Five Months. China Ate 115,000 of Them.
Nissan’s global sales are down 12.1% this fiscal year, and three-quarters of the drop is China. Its forecast now needs an 8% rebound by March.
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ZF Is Ending 120 Years of Steering Production in Lafayette. The Engineers Get to Stick Around.
ZF’s WARN notice counts 133 jobs at its Lafayette steering plant, down from about 200 a year earlier, while the R&D center at the same address stays open.
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Missouri Driver Beat a Speed-Trap Headlight Ticket in Federal Court. In California, Flashing After Dark Can Still Cost $247.
A Missouri driver beat a speed-trap headlight ticket in federal court. In California, flashing high beams after dark can still cost $247 and a DMV point.
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El Paso Tax Office Deputy Accused of Cooking 380-Plus Vehicle Records So Cars Could Skip Inspection
An El Paso tax office deputy who worked at an authorized contract office was arrested Sunday in El Paso, Texas, on 10 counts of tampering with governmental records, the El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector’s Office said, according to KFOX14. The office identified her as Jessica Marie Alonzo. She was booked into the El Paso County…
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Record Diesel Is Sending Small Trucking Fleets Straight to Bankruptcy Court
For the week of Sept. 21, the federal government’s weekly pump survey put the national average for on-highway diesel at $6.529 a gallon. That’s the highest number the series has ever posted, and it clears the old June 2022 peak of about $5.81 by more than 70 cents. Diesel has since eased to $6.199, which…
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Sheriff Says a Cuffed Suspect Shorted a Patrol Car’s Window Switch and Bailed. His Felony Escape Charge Has a 2020 Problem.
Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders says a handcuffed suspect shorted a disabled window switch in an older patrol car and ran. A 2020 Washington appeals ruling and a $304 part frame what comes next.
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Antique Corvette Suspected in Bonita Springs Garage Blaze: What Classic Owners Should Know
Southwest Florida added another entry to an old, sad list on Tuesday, October 6: a vintage Corvette sitting in a home garage that may have turned into the fire starter. Firefighters put out a garage fire on Somers Drive in Bonita Springs. According to the Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District, nobody was hurt…
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The 2027 Corvette’s LS6 V8 Already Has an Oil Leak Fix. Next-Gen Silverado Buyers Should Pay Attention.
GM bulletin PIP6132 fixes a 2027 Corvette LS6 oil leak with two seals and a torque sequence. The same engine family heads to the Silverado and Sierra next.
