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Daily Archives: June 3, 2013
The Throttle Body and How it Influences the Performance of your Car
For the majority of car owners, the complexities of their engine and individual vehicle components remain a baffling mystery. Unless you are well versed in the art of car maintenance, attempting to enhance the performance of an engine is something that should be avoided at all costs and left instead to qualified professionals.
NHTSA sets guidelines for self-driving vehicles
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a new policy concerning vehicle automation, including its plans for research on related safety issues and recommendations for states related to the testing, licensing and regulation of “autonomous” or “self-driving” vehicles.
Self-driving vehicles are those in which operation of the vehicle occurs without direct driver input to control the steering, acceleration, and braking and are designed so that the driver is not expected to constantly monitor the roadway while operating in self-driving mode.
Older drivers more likely to buy new vehicles
Adults under 50 have long been the ideal target group for advertisers, but when it comes to buying new vehicles, older consumers may be a marketer’s best bet, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Pennsylvania offers $10M in CNG incentives
Pennsylvania environmental officials are offering $10 million worth of incentives to companies, government agencies and nonprofits for the purchase of cars or light trucks that run on natural gas or to convert lighter-weight vehicles that now use gasoline.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection launched the program in a bid to generate demand for natural gas vehicles. A drilling boom in Pennsylvania and other states in recent years has produced enormous quantities of cheap gas.
