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Stolen Porsche Ramming in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District Called ‘Dangerous as Hell’ by Police
A Welfare Check in a Busy Pedestrian District Seattle police arrested a man Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly rammed a patrol vehicle repeatedly with a stolen Porsche in the heart of the Chinatown-International District, a densely trafficked pedestrian area where officers said the confrontation carried serious risk to bystanders. The incident began around 1 p.m.…
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NHTSA Investigates Waymo Robotaxis Over Reports of Passing Stopped School Buses
Federal Regulators Open an Investigation Waymo’s self-driving vehicles are now under federal investigation after reports surfaced of the autonomous cars passing stopped school buses in Atlanta and Austin, in scenarios where the buses had activated flashing red lights and extended stop arms. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is examining whether Waymo’s vehicles failed to…
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Police Search for Man Who Rammed Wife’s Rideshare Car Four Times Toward an Embankment
A Predawn Attack on a Busy Commute Police in Vancouver, Washington, are searching for a man accused of repeatedly ramming a rideshare car carrying his wife in a violent attack captured on dashcam footage. The incident happened just before dawn on Nov. 15, when a woman driving for a rideshare service became the target of…
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Jaguar Fires Design Chief Gerry McGovern Following Rebrand Backlash and Sales Collapse
A Design Chief Removed Under a New CEO Jaguar has dismissed the creative leader behind its controversial brand overhaul, a move that follows a turbulent year of collapsing sales, a plunging stock price, and an advertising campaign that failed to connect with consumers. The decision comes less than two weeks after new Jaguar Land Rover…
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Sean Duffy’s Review Sets the Stage for Trump’s Upcoming Fuel Economy Rule Rollback
A Rollback Preview Ahead of the Formal Announcement The Trump administration is preparing to unveil revised fuel economy rules this week, signaling a major policy shift as officials argue current requirements are contributing to rising vehicle prices. According to multiple reports, senior White House officials and top executives from Detroit’s major automakers are expected to…
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Waymo Robotaxi Slips Past Police Tape Into Downtown LA Felony Arrest Scene
A Rider Ends Up Uncomfortably Close to an Arrest A driverless Waymo taxi ended up in the middle of a high-stakes LAPD arrest last week, placing its passenger uncomfortably close to officers detaining a felony suspect. Footage that spread on social media Monday showed the autonomous vehicle approaching a partially blocked downtown Los Angeles intersection…
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Cape Coral Street Race Suspects Charged With Vehicular Homicide in Death of 75-Year-Old Driver
A Quiet Afternoon Turns Deadly Cape Coral, Florida, police have filed charges against two drivers connected to a street racing crash that killed a 75-year-old man earlier this year. The crash happened Jan. 10, when a white Ford Mustang and a blue Honda Accord were caught on camera racing down Del Prado Boulevard, allegedly accelerating…
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Phoenix Woman Says Dealership Left Her Paying Loans on Two Cars After a Disputed Trade-In
A Routine Repair Visit Turns Complicated Korissa Morgan expected a simple fix for her 2015 Honda when she brought it to Bell Honda in Phoenix. Instead, she says she ended up in a financial dispute after the dealership pitched her on its buy-back program during that visit. A Trade-In That Allegedly Never Went Through Properly…
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Philadelphia Trucker Grabs a Bat, Breaks Up Overnight Meat Theft Involving Over 10 Suspects
Woken Up by a Shifting Trailer A truck driver resting in his cab in northeast Philadelphia found himself in the middle of a late-night cargo theft after a group of masked men attempted to steal pallets of meat from his trailer. The incident happened around 2:10 a.m. on Nov. 24 at Red Lion Road and…
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GM Commits $250 Million More to Ohio’s Parma Metal Center, Part of $5.5 Billion U.S. Push
Another Investment in a Longtime Facility General Motors is investing an additional $250 million in its Parma Metal Center in Ohio, continuing its push to expand domestic manufacturing capacity. While smaller than the $4 billion GM committed to U.S. plants last year, the new investment brings GM’s total planned spending on American factories to roughly…
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Stolen Flock License Plate Reader Tracks Itself Straight to the Suspect’s House
A Camera That Caught Its Own Theft A license plate reader in Mount Dora, Florida, helped police solve its own theft after a suspect reportedly pulled the device off its mount at an intersection and took it home. According to Mount Dora Police, the stolen equipment was part of a public safety system valued at…
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Land Rover Discovery Sport Tops List of Cars Resold Within a Year, New Study Finds
The Average Buyer Sticks Around — Some Don’t A new industry analysis shows that luxury vehicles are being resold within their first year of ownership at rates far above the market average, offering a window into which new cars fail to hold onto their original buyers. Across the broader market, only about 3.6% of new…
