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Highway Trust Fund Lacks Budgetary Controls
The Highway Trust Fund report is unwelcome news for politicians of both parties who have refused to act on the problem for a decade or more, showing particular reluctance to raise taxes as the nation’s infrastructure crumbles. HTF revenues come from excise taxes on the sale of motor fuels, trucks and trailers, and truck tires, and from taxes on the use of certain kinds of vehicles. Continue reading
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Automakers Flub Launch of High Tech Vehicles, IQS Shows
The latest IQS or quality data revealed today at the Automotive Press Association meeting in Detroit shows that the number of problems experienced by new-vehicle owners has increased from the previous year, as automakers continue to have severe problems with complicated technologies now being deployed in new vehicles. Continue reading
As Automakers Move to Eliminate Franchised Car Dealers, the “No Jobs” Debate Continues over the future of the US Economy
Not coincidentally, the survey comes as automakers are redoubling efforts to sell vehicles online as a way around traditional middlemen, specifically NADA members, which of course raises the end price of a new vehicle to buyers. Continue reading
Subaru to Stop Building Camry in U.S. as it sets Record Sales
The Japanese company, which made the Zero fighter during WW2, has now posted 29 consecutive months of year-over-year growth and is already on its way to its sixth successive annual sales record. Subaru is also planning on selling its first hybrid and adding a full-size minivan to its U.S. production. Continue reading
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Department of Transportation Kisses Big Oil and Railroad Butts
The problem, the deadly problem, is that many of the tank cars in use by Big Oil and the railroads to move crude oil are not safe – as the Lac-Mégantic derailment that killed 42 civilians and wiped half of a southern Quebec town proved. Continue reading
Toyota Abandoning California for Texas
With an 8.84% corporate tax rate in California, in addition to the highest income tax rates in the U.S. on personal income, there is an economic rationale behind the move. Continue reading
Posted in economy, news analysis
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Democrats Plan to Bail Out Bankrupt Highway Trust Fund
Politicians on both sides of the aisle have refused since 1993 to raise gasoline taxes of 18.4 cents per gallon as well as a 24.4-cent diesel tax, the trust fund’s major revenue source. Inflation has raised the cost of construction, while revenue has lagged because Americans are driving less and vehicles are more fuel-efficient. Continue reading
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Milestones – Beijing Motor Show – Toyota 50 Years in China
Toyota first entered the Chinese market with the ungainly Crown sedan in 1964 – long after the Japanese rape of Nanjing during WW2. Continue reading
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News and Buzz at New York Auto Show on Car Concerns Radio
Hear Ken Zino on the news and the buzz from the New York Auto Show, with Zino coming live from New York on Car Concerns with co-host Harry Douglass as part of the lifestyle Talk Radio Network. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, car concerns, gm ignition switches, harry douglass, Ken Zino, toyota camry
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Hey, Detroit Three What Ever Happened to Pizzazz?
The people who invented pizzazz, Detroit’s Big Three, have all but ditched some of the more alluring coupes and convertibles that once were their shining stars. Continue reading
Posted in design and styling, news analysis
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GM Recalls More Vehicles, Some for Airbag Failures
GM did not provide a timeline explaining how long it has known about the latest safety defects. U.S. regulations only give a manufacturer five days after it discovers a safety problem to submit a recall plan to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, something GM did not do in the now notorious ignition switch recall which saw GM first deny a safety defect existed, and then issue a recall as well as an apology, and then expand the recall to cover more cars. Continue reading
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Republicans Pass Polluter Protection Act
This latest example of the power of money in the Congress is a setback for citizens. In 2009, EPA determined that greenhouse gas pollution threatens Americans’ health and welfare by leading to long lasting changes in our climate that can have a range of negative effects on human health and the environment. Continue reading
Posted in environment, fuel economy or emissions, news analysis
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Political Grandstanding Starts on GM Ignition Switch Deaths
In the dysfunctional ways of of now completely partisan Washington, the Republican controlled “do nothing” House is looking for political advantage here while giving the appearance that it is actually performing its legislative duties. This laughable proposition – given the record of the past decade- is increasingly hard to put forth to skeptical taxpayers of both parties. Continue reading
EPA Finally Cleans up Fuel over Big Oil Objections and Money
Once fully in place, the standards will help avoid up to 2,000 premature deaths per year and 50,000 cases of respiratory ailments in children, according to agency that Republicans – owned by big oil – love to hate and obstruct. Continue reading
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Chrysler Group Borrows $5 Billion to Pay off UAW VEBA Debt
Before the bankruptcy, the UAW had previously – and reluctantly – accepted the notes to cover the health care costs of its retired members. This was a classic, many would say infamous, example of financial engineering under the Wall-Street-owned Bush Administration that removed union health care costs from the balance sheets of Chrysler, Ford and General Motors with a slight of hand trick. Continue reading
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