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More electric cars are making their way...
Published:Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:47:13 -0700
Electric cars will become fairly commonplace in the not-too-distant future, especially in major cities that are equipped to charge these vehicles in parking lots and at home.......
Cars 2: New models roll off Pixar assem...
Published:Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:43:32 -0700
Despite the bulk of the story taking place on quaint and isolated Route 66, the first Cars had a lot of motor vehicles in it. But the first movie looks like a 7-Eleven parking l......
New technology revs up Pixars Cars 2...
Published:Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:32:12 -0700
The hit-making studio created several new kinds of effects for its latest film and not just because it could. Along the way to tripling the size of its legendary render farm, Pixa......
Cars plot skids into mediocrity...
Published:Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:00:00 -0700
CARS 2 is, without a shadow of a doubt, the worst thing the computer animation powerhouse has put its name to.......
John Lasseter fuels up for Cars 2...
Published:Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:43:34 -0700
Were in a car with John Lasseter, and the filmmaker is in a professorial mood. During an hourlong commute from his home in Glen Ellen to Pixars campus in Emeryville, we learn at l......
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Automakers sell more cars without spare tires


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Replacing the extra wheel with a run-flat tire or flat repair kit reduces weight, increases gas mileage and lowers costs. Those alternatives have drawbacks for drivers. Yet better technology has made flats less likely to occur, and motorists are relying more on roadside assistance services when they do. That spare tire in your trunk may be going the way of the typewriter and transistor radio....

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