BMW is revamping its X3 model in a bid to catch up with Audi in the U.S. small SUV market.
The X3, a small compact SUV that includes optional in-car Internet access, goes on sale on Jan. 22, Bloomberg News said. The car will take on more than 3 inche…
General Motors is firing back at the automotive press after critics’ assertions that the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt isn’t a true electric car — rather merely another hybrid, and not particularly fuel-thrifty.
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Daimler AG (DDAIF) is recalling about 85,000 Mercedes-Benz cars in the U.S. to adjust their power-steering systems.
The adjustment is aimed to prevent the loss of power steering fluid, The Wall Street Journal said, citing a statement on the website of U.S. traffic authority NHTSA.
The recall affects the Mercedes 2010 C-Class and the 2010 and 2011 E-Class Coup and Cabriolet models….
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The average price of regular gasoline jumped 8.23 cents in the last two weeks, fueled by a jump in crude oil prices.
The latest Lundberg Survey said that the price of a gallon of regular gasoline is now $2.77, The Associated Press reported.
San Francisco had the highest price of the cities surveyed, with a gallon of regular costing $3.08. Tucson, Ariz., had the lowest average…
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Big-picture research is still alive and well at Google. Tapping engineers from the government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency challenges, it has developed self-driving cars — and has already tested them on 14,000 m…