This year was the start to a new campaign created by major car rental companies to prohibit the rental of recalled vehicle, hoping to establish a standard among all of the car rental firms. Major car rental companies have now agreed to back Senate legislation to pull vehicles from the road if they have been recalled for safety defects.
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Hyundai announced at the Paris Auto Show that they will begin production of the ix35 Fuel Cellcrossover (also known as the Tucson) at their Ulsan plant located in South Korea. Hyundai’s projection is to produce 1,000 units by 2015 and are limited to a total production of 10,000 after that.
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J. Sanchez, CEO of Catalyst Studio and PR was a well respected man in the world of advertising and one day had a meeting with Ocean Drive magazine. He notices that the conference room was jam packed with movie memorabilia and a Cannonball Run movie poster caught his attention. The magazine executive saw him admiring the poster and offer to introduce him to Brock Yates, the inspiration of the film.
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After expanding from the sports car market to the SUV and sedan market, Porsche has decided to branch out even further by creating a station wagon called the Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo. Not only is it a station wagon, but the Panamera Sport is also a hybrid.
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It won’t be long until we will be sitting in driverless cars to get to our destinations.  As we speak, Google is working on making autonomous cars for the future. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California went to Google headquarters on Wednesday, September 26th to sign the historical law which allows the self operated cars to make their own way on the roads.
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Tesla Motors shocked the automotive world by revealing the ‘Supercharger network’. The Tesla Superchargers are quick charging stations that will be located along well-traveled routes in North America.

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The new 2013 Cadillac ATS fuel economy ratings are not that bad considering the power output. When equipped with the 2.5 liter four-cylinder engine, Caddy’s BMW 3-Series fighter manages 22 city and 33 highway mpg, 21 city and 31 highway mpg when fitted with the 2.0 liter Turbo, and 19 city and 28 highway mpg with the 3.6 liter V6.
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