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  1. News Summary: Feds Want Noisier Electric Cars

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    Safety Administration is proposing that all electric and hybrid vehicles make a sound when traveling under 18 miles per hour. Automakers will pick the sound from a range of noises, and pedestrians have to be able to hear it over background noise. SOUND OFF

  2. Government to Require Electric Cars to Make Noise

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    additional noise at speeds under 18 miles per hour. NHTSA says the cars make enough noise to be heard at higher speeds. Automakers would be able to pick the sounds that the cars make from a range of choices. Similar vehicles would have to make the same

  3. Japanese Car Sales Fall in 2012 Amid Island Spat

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    Japan's three biggest automakers — Toyota, Nissan and Honda — say their vehicle sales in China fell last year amid a territorial dispute that prompted Chinese

  4. Tiny Chevrolet Sonic Helps Detroit Shake off Rust

    Sat, 5 Jan 2013

    dried up funding for car loans. But the automakers ' problems were years in the making Union-mandated "jobs banks" forced automakers to keep paying workers whose plants Years of losses caused the three U.S. automakers to rack up $200 billion in debt, about

  5. Chevrolet Sonic Tells Story of Detroit Comeback

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    dried up funding for car loans. But the automakers ' problems were years in the making Union-mandated "jobs banks" forced automakers to keep paying workers whose plants Years of losses caused the three U.S. automakers to rack up $200 billion in debt, about

  6. US Factory Orders Unchanged in November

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    in December compared from the November reading. Economists believe factories will be helped in 2013 by rising auto sales. Automakers announced results for December which left sales for the entire year 13 percent higher than in 2011. Economists are forecasting

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  1. Top-Selling Cars and Trucks in the US in 2012

    Thu, 3 Jan 2013

    Automakers reported U.S. new car and truck sales for December and all of 2012 Thursday. These were the top sellers in 2012, and the percentage

  2. New Tax Law Packed With Breaks for Businesses

    Thu, 3 Jan 2013

    rather than over time — giving some companies huge tax shelters. The tax break, known as bonus depreciation, benefits automakers , utilities and heavy equipment makers. Cost: $5 billion. —A tax credit for the production of wind, solar and other renewable

  3. US Auto Sales: Key Trends in 2012

    Thu, 3 Jan 2013

    biggest sellers — the Ford Escape SUV and Fusion sedan — had to be recalled for safety problems. JAPAN IS BACK Japanese automakers struggled with low inventories for much of 2011 after the earthquake hurt supplies. But sales picked up in the first few

  4. US Auto Sales End 2012 on Strong Note

    Thu, 3 Jan 2013

    were up nearly 10 percent as the Nissan brand topped 1 million in annual sales for the first time. Volkswagen led all major automakers with sales up a staggering 35 percent. Chrysler, the smallest of the Detroit carmakers, had the best year among U.S

  5. GM's US Sales Rise 3.7 Percent in 2012

    Thu, 3 Jan 2013

    last year as the company's growth was eclipsed by other automakers . GM sold just under 2.6 million new cars and trucks in was expected to grow 13 percent from 2011 numbers. Other automakers reported strong sales for the year. Chrysler sales jumped

  6. Futures off as Congress Heads for Another Showdown

    Thu, 3 Jan 2013

    for debate. Also on Thursday, the Labor Department releases weekly jobless benefit claims and ADP, a payroll provider, posts its hiring report for December. Retailers and automakers are releasing sales numbers for December as well.

  7. 2013 Auto Sales Will Be Strong, Firm Predicts

    Wed, 2 Jan 2013

    country's economic recovery. Polk predicts 15.3 million new vehicle registrations this year, up nearly 7 percent from 2012. Automakers release December and full-year sales for 2012 on Thursday. Analysts predict sales of around 14.5 million, the strongest

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  1. New Crackdown on Wrong-Way Drivers

    Thu, 13 Dec 2012

    ignition lock on all cars for anyone convicted of dui. What happens? The car will not start. Reporter: The ntsb is pushing car manufacturers to fast track new technology, installing sensors in all cars to determine if any driver is sober before allowing ignition

    Car Manufacturers found at 1:23

    car manufacturers to fast track
  2. Wrong-Way Drivers Kill Almost 400 People Every Year

    Wed, 12 Dec 2012

    happens the car will not start it's as simple as that you won't be able to drive the car. The NTSB is also pushing car manufacturers to fast track. New technology that would allow sensors in all cars to determine if any driver is sober before allowing

    Car Manufacturers found at 1:39

    The NTSB is also pushing car manufacturers to fast track. New technology that would allow sensors in all cars to determine if any driver is sober before allowing ignition
  3. Mandatory Black Boxes in Cars Spark Controversy

    Sat, 8 Dec 2012

    miles per hour. You're probably used to hearing about black boxes helping investigators solve airplane crashes. But car manufacturers hav quietly placed similar devices in more and more vehicles. Turning our own cars into snitches. Wasn't that good

    Car Manufacturers found at 1:05

    But car manufacturers hav
  4. Automakers to Bush: Bailout Dire

    Wed, 17 Dec 2008

    future of all. Of the Big Three auto makers but it also is a pretty direct gonna do something to bailout the automakers you better do it pretty soon throwing short term lifeline. To the auto makers patrolling with conditions attached

    Auto Makers found at 0:09, 0:53

    to how tenuous is the future of all. Of the Big Three auto makers but it also is a pretty direct signal the Washington it seems if you're gonna do something to bailout the automakers you better do it pretty soon.
    And that decision will be the throwing short term lifeline. To the auto makers patrolling with conditions attached they only to prove. That this will be enough to make them ultimately survivable in the long term
  5. Automakers in the Hole

    Wed, 12 Nov 2008

    campaign interview to that still undecided senate race in Minnesota. All that more today. politics Detroit's Big Three auto makers a financial hole General Motors may not be able to make it through this quarter. The Democrats led by. President elect Barack

    Auto Makers found at 1:03

    Detroit's Big Three auto makers -- a financial hole General Motors may not be able to make it through this quarter. The Democrats led by. President elect
  6. U.S. Automakers Re-stake Claim in Detroit

    Mon, 8 Jan 2007

    into our crystal balls and get a glimpse of the future straight from the Detroit auto show. 2008 models and beyond cars US auto makers are hanging their hopes on can they save the American car industry. Foreign competitors that you know have been gaining ground

    Auto Makers found at 0:13

    straight from the Detroit auto show. 2008 models and beyond cars US auto makers are hanging their hopes on can they save the American car industry. Foreign competitors that you know have been gaining ground fast
  7. Automakers Submit Viability Plans

    Tue, 17 Feb 2009

    Ailing automakers General Motors and question is whether the auto makers will continue to receive that some of these automakers might today not be bottom of the cycle auto makers not possible at the place that will help automakers . Better weather these

    Auto Makers found at 0:10, 2:58

    Ailing automakers General Motors and Chrysler spent the day presenting the government with their plans to repay their loans. And become a viable once again. -- question is whether the auto makers will continue to receive federal funds to survive their plummeting sales and mammoth debt. Here to tell us more as -- F Brian Levy He is a Standard and Poor's equity analyst hi there thanks so much for joining us today that. So the government's deadline is today for the auto makers to turn in their viability plans with an hour ago what do we know at this point.
    cycle it's a big difference and at the bottom of the cycle auto makers -- not possible at the top that can possible get so there is hope.
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