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By Kelly Faircloth 3/05 2:10pm

Ford Wants to Be a Startup Too, Tries to Zipcar Its Dealerships

It can’t be fun running a car company. A century ago automobiles were the hottest thing since the railroad, but nowadays you’re considered a hopeless dinosaur loser–unless you’re Elon Musk, in which case you get to blunder around starting beef with the New York Times. Read More

By Patrick Clark 1/04 10:53am

The Future Will See You Now

Driverless Cars Are Heading to Vegas: Toyota, Audi to Demo at CES

Is there anyone not working on developing autonomous cars?

Google, of course, has been the high-profile leader in the field, not just developing the vehicles, but shelling out big lobbying dollars to make self-driving cars street legal in three states. But the search giant isn’t alone. Volvo tested self-driving cars in Spain last Read More

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