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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

However, such policies have become contentious with European examples further down the path of progress seeing relatively consistent opposition due to the fact that the ultimate goal is to eliminate the automobile. This is actually something Cleveland has been working on for years, starting way back in 2015.

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Automakers Sticking with Screens Are Going to Receive Bad Safety Ratings in Europe

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These are the entities testing the crash worthiness of modern automobiles, or bench-marking industry safety standards, and Euro NCAP has elected to make distracted driving a major issue moving forward. By 2026, any vehicles sold within the European market will need to include physical controls to be deemed truly safe.

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NHTSA Investigating 1.1 Million Ram 1500 Pickups Over Steering Complaints

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In 2016, the automaker recalled a batch of 1500 pickups when it was still Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) over contaminated power steering units. While the conditions for a regulator-enforced recall have not yet been satisfied, Stellantis may institute a voluntary recall of its own before regulators have completed their probe.

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Size or Speed? IIHS Study Examines Safety Between Models

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From 2018 to 2021 there were 155,136 fatalities, compared with 147,599 from 2015 to 2018. The overall shape of an automobile remains relevant. But that same phenomenon may also apply when automobiles crash into each other. The rise is consistent with a larger number of U.S. But there are outliers in the IIHS data.

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Volvo Ending Sedan/Wagon Sales in UK, Could North America Be Next?

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While the Cross Country variants of the wagons had already been scrubbed, standard variants seem to be following them into the abyss — following the current industry trend of chasing margins, rather than offering a diverse array of automobiles catering to a broader clientele. However, Volvo is also in the midst of a transition.

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BMW Accused of Emissions Cheating, Does Anyone Really Care?

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It’s a situation reminiscent of the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal from 2015. For all the effort put into emissions regulations, they arguably haven’t resulted in better automobiles. Claims have been made that the automaker used an illegal defeat device on select models to achieve lower tailpipe emissions during testing.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

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Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. Globally, there are now more than 1 billion smartphone users, a population that is expected to double by 2015.

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