GM's Earnings Fell for 2012
Profits dropped 36 percent over 2011
Automobiles
Toyota, BMW Jointly Developing Sports Car
Long-term collaboration between the two companies expected
City Hustles To Recalibrate After Being Caught With Illegally Short Yellow Traffic Lights
Short lights can be lucrative, and dangerous
SD Court: High Beams Rate a Traffic Stop
Basically, you can get pulled over, just because
NC Asked To Resume Issuing Driver's Licenses to Young, Authorized Immigrants
The DMV wants a legal opinion, or just to be dick-ish
GAO Wants To Tax Americans for Each Mile Driven
Which means they'd have to track our mileage, of course
FL Court: Cops Can't Pull Over a Car Just Because It's Been Repainted
The state provides no means of reporting you've changed your car's color
Cars Must Record Driving Data Starting in 2014
Black boxes will be installed in every automobile manufactured after September 1, 2014
Toyota Fined $17 Million by Feds
Accused of not promptly recalling vehicles over issue with floor mats jamming accelerators
Toyota Fined Over Failure to Promptly Report Safety Issues
Given the maximum penalty of $17.4 million
Drunk, Stoned Auto Workers Handed Jobs Back
Despite being caught on video, arbitrator rules insufficient evidence
Government Mandate for Car Black Boxes Puts Privacy at Risk
No standards are yet in place limiting official access to data
Topeka Allows Firearms to be Transported in Occupied Vehicles
Already legal in most of Kansas
South Dakota City Bans "Distracted Driving"
New ordinance will impose penalties for eating and reading while driving
Privacy Advocates Want Driver Data Protected
Because DMVs are playing pretty fast and loose with your information
Woman Hit With $100K in Parking Fines for Car She Didn't Own
It's like being mugged, but by the authorities
Florida Officials Seek to Ban Cell Phone Use in Cars and Public Meetings
The Sunshine State contemplates a new direction in regulatory overreach.
Driver's Licenses Returned to Thousands of Indianans
State had unlawfully suspended licenses of people who weren't required to have insurance
Legally Blind Man Gets Driver's License
Lost most of his vision and stopped driving years ago but DMV keeps renewing
The Paradox of Energy Efficiency
Why greener technology doesn't translate into reduced energy consumption
Renault Says Hollande Must Reform Labor Costs and Regulations
Sounds like something a socialist president would do
Chrysler CEO Responds to Romney's Jeep Ad
Says Romney is wrong and they aren't moving production to China
Raise the Speed Limit
The surveillance technologies deployed on roadways across the U.S. don't need to be so unilaterally oppressive.
Ford Planning Cuts in Europe
Will shut down three plants, trim back 13 percent of workforce
Nissan to Introduce Wire-Steered Cars in 2013
Would make steering systems more responsive
