Friday, April 1, 2011

Rest Assured, This Podcast Won't Save Your Life, But It Will Be Entertaining

Obama has called for the government to start buying only alternative-fuel vehicles starting in 2015 as part of an effort to reduct overseas oil imports by a third by 2025. We agree that this is a good idea. What do you think?

Speed cameras stink, even in Australia.
Hyundai make a big splash two years ago by offering to take back cars from buyers who lose their jobs. That was at the beginning of the Korean car company's recent surge. With the economy rebounding, Hyundai has decided to end the offer, and only 350 people took advantage of the offer.

Telsa wants its day in court with Top Gear. The electric-car maker is suing the U.K. car show for showing the company's Roadster car running out of electricity and slowing to a halt in a race.

Another legal snarl is happening in South Carolina where a greedy town has set up speed cameras on I-95 and is mailing drivers tickets.

GM's OnStar and Chevrolet made a splash by touting Facebook integration in the new Cruze, but a NYTimes reviewer said the system isn't ready to be liked because of text-to-speech limitations.

Men may like GPS systems, but they don't trust them according to a U.K. study.

You may not want to trust rental-car companies. NHTSA is investigating whether they are keeping up with vehicle recalls.

Finally, a truck driver ruined his safe-driving record but saved his own life in a crash recently.

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