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Apr 24 2024
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Surging car insurance rates are squeezing drivers — and fueling inflation
Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago. Premium costs have been marching steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the consumer level steadily cooled from its 9.1% peak in the middle of that year. Consumers have had some relief as the rate of cost increases for food and energy, two key components of most budgets, has eased greatly. But auto insurance and
New York Post (News)Apr 10 2024
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The rise of the scammy car loan
A few weeks ago, a TikTok user named Blaisey Arnold posted a video about her Chevy Tahoe. “After three years with my Tahoe, I’m finally getting rid of it,” Arnold said. It was her dream car, and she’d taken out a loan for the $84,000 — yes, you read that right, $84,000 — vehicle. Since then, she’d been paying $1,400 a month for the last three years, totaling about $50,000. But because of her
VoxApr 20 2024
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1 hospitalized after car slams into Costa Mesa building
One person was hospitalized after their car slammed into a building in Costa Mesa on Saturday. It happened a little before 4 p.m. near Placentia Avenue and Center Street, according to Costa Mesa Police Department. Circumstances leading up to what caused the crash remain unclear, but Costa Mesa Fire Department paramedics took one person to the hospital in unknown condition following the
CBS News (Online)Apr 23 2024
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Teen's hilarious reaction to car crashing into Dunkin' goes viral
A teen's hilarious reaction to a car crashing into a Rhode Island Dunkin' this week went viral on social media. On Tuesday morning, Melanie DaSilva of WPRI-TV in Rhode Island shared a video on X, formerly Twitter, where she spoke with a teen who witnessed the incident unfold. "I was just like, America doesn't just run on Dunkin', cars do too," the teen said in the video. As of Tuesday
NewsweekApr 20 2024
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1 hospitalized after car slams into suburban Chicago home
It happened around 2:30 a.m. near the intersection of Greenbay and Westmoor Road.
The crash caused extensive damage to the front of the home and a car that was in the driveway.
Neighbors say it sounded like a "loud explosion."
Another said the man driving the car got out and started running.
He was taken to a hospital and is expected to be okay.
No other
CBS News (Online)Mar 29 2024
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Charger’s window damaged in Tarzana car-to-car shooting
A vehicle was damaged in a reported car-to-car shooting in Tarzana Thursday night. A gray Dodge Charger was near Ventura and Reseda boulevards when the driver, a man, said he was shot at by someone in a black Range Rover, according to stringer service Key News. The Charger was located at Tampa Avenue and Topham Street by Los Angeles Police Department officers, who noted that while the driver
KTLAApr 16 2024
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That 'new car' smell will come with a kill switch
Soon the government might shut down your car. President Joe Biden's new infrastructure gives bureaucrats that power. You probably didn't hear about that because when media covered it, few mentioned the requirement that by 2026, every American car must "monitor" the driver, determine if he is impaired and, if so, "limit vehicle operation." Get the hottest, most important news stories on the
WNDApr 19 2024
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Disneyland’s Autopia cars to go fully electric by 2026
The gas-powered Autopia cars in Tomorrowland will become a thing of the past when Disneyland transforms the ride vehicles to fully electric power in an update that has been anticipated for decades but will still take several years to realize. Disneyland will convert Autopia from gas engines to fully electric power within 30 months, according to Disneyland officials. ALSO SEE: Mickey, Minnie
Orange County RegisterApr 24 2024
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Drivers are OK with $250 electric car fee, but say fix the roads!
Opting to buy an electric car in New Jersey will get more expensive this summer, as the state rolls out a new registration fee for zero emission vehicles. That annual $250 fee for electric vehicle buyers — which will increase by $10 a year until reaching $290 — is set to start July 1 as part of a larger plan to fund road fixes in the Garden State. Earlier this spring, news of the new EV fee
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