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Detroit Electric SP:01: First Look
KickingTiresCompetitors: Pre-owned Tesla Roadster, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive Looks like: A lightly restyled Lotus Exige (basically a Tesla Roadster or Hennessy Venom GT) Drivetrain: Mid-mounted 201-horsepower electric motor, 37-kwh lithium-ion battery...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Mercedes-Benz, Science and Technology, Automotive Equipment, Passenger Cars
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Where Are They Now? With New BMW App, You'll Always Know
KickingTiresNew in-car location-sharing technology could revolutionize couples' knack for notifying each other that the household is out of milk just as their spouse drives past the supermarket. Then again, it could also make those special-occasion stops at the...Tags: Apple iPhone, Networking, Hyundai, Science and Technology, Radio Industry
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Curve Ball: How Automakers and Customers Adjust to New-Car Technology
KickingTiresA touch-screen multimedia system may already seem commonplace to some, but to car shoppers who bought their last vehicle five or 10 years ago operating even basic functions could feel like trying to get HAL 9000 to open the pod-bay......Tags: Photography and Video, Apple iPad, Automotive Equipment, Services and Shopping, Vehicles
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Want to Know Your Blood Alcohol Level? There's an App for That
KickingTiresBreathometer Inc. announced that it has developed the first-ever blood-alcohol-content monitoring device for smartphones. The device, for use with both iPhone and Android phones, is the size of a typical car key and plugs into a smartphone's headphone...Tags: Lindsay Lohan, Nissan, Food and Drug Administration, Apple iPhone, Google Play
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Ford Adds Spotify to Sync Suite
KickingTiresFord drivers can already use Sync and their smartphones to stream music from Pandora, and now Spotify is adding some competition. The on-demand music streaming company is partnering with Ford to offer customers hands-free access to its catalog of more.......Tags: Music, Entertainment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Apple iPhone, Ford
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GM's New Framework Could Add Apps Galore
KickingTiresThe weather map displayed on a small screen showed what anyone could gather from looking outside. I sat inside a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu, tucked into a brick-lined gallery in Chicago during a recent auto show. The digital map cast most......Tags: Science and Technology, Auto Shows, Chicago Auto Show, Automotive Equipment, Radio
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New App Keeps Tabs on Texting Drivers
KickingTiresTexting while driving has become a nationwide epidemic, one that the developers of a new smartphone application hope to eradicate. The Vehawk app tracks a driver's cellphone usage during a trip and sends notifications to the account holder (most likely......Tags: Labor Legislation, Chad, Apple iPhone, Travel, Butterfly Ballots
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Cupholders Take on Starbucks' Trenta Size
KickingTiresIn 2011, after finding some two-thirds of iced-beverage customers already pony up the stomach capacity for a Venti, Starbucks introduced its Trenta size ??? a 31-ounce tribute to America's appetite for 1,000-watt stereos, quadruple burgers and Cowboys...Tags: Infiniti, Nissan, Apple iPad, Automotive Equipment, Volvo
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2013 Cadillac XTS Comes With Free iPad
KickingTiresWhen the Cadillac XTS goes on sale in late spring, buyers will be treated to a free iPad. It will come loaded with an application for CUE, the carmaker's multimedia system, with the goal of getting owners acquainted with the......Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Apple iPad, USA Today, Automotive Equipment, Luxury Vehicles
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Nissan Develops Self-Healing iPhone Case
KickingTiresYou pay a lot of money for your iPhone, but normal wear and tear makes its case look old within weeks. What if those scuffs and scratches disappeared after an hour or so? In 2005, Nissan developed Scratch Shield self-healing......Tags: Apple iPhone, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Cars.com News Briefs: March 29, 2012
KickingTiresHere's what we have our eye on today: Fighting a strengthening yen, Honda will build its Fit hatchback in Mexico for the U.S. and other markets, Automotive News reports. The automaker plans to build the Fit, whose sales improved 9%......Tags: Sergio Marchionne, Manufacturing and Engineering, Mexico, Automotive Equipment, Mexico City
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Brand Loyalty Declines; Shoppers Put Technology First
KickingTiresBob Glanville runs a manufacturing company in Bristol, R.I. He just bought a diesel 2012 Volkswagen Jetta TDI wagon for its gas mileage, power and cargo room. Richard Pealer, a graphic designer in the Pittsburgh suburb of Carnegie, Pa., took......Tags: Apple iPhone, Satellite Technology, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hyundai, Pittsburgh
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