Automotive

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — I won’t forget the first time I took a ride in a car without anyone sitting in the driver’s seat. It happened one night last September when a Chevy Bolt named Peaches picked me up outside a San Francisco bar.

SEATTLE (AP) — A vanload of church volunteers drove along a main street in north Seattle one night last month with sandwiches, water bottles and blankets for homeless people.

Magna International Inc. says it recorded a net income of US$339 million in its latest quarter. The auto parts manufacturer, which keeps its books in U.S.

OTTAWA — The number of rebates issued for electric vehicles soared in the spring, sparking hope that sales of battery-powered cars and trucks might finally be on track to meet national targets set by Ottawa.

GERVAIS, Ore. (AP) — Three people were killed Wednesday and another person was injured when a Union Pacific freight train crashed into a car north of Salem, Oregon, according to law enforcement officials.

When Jennifer Cummings flew down to Florida from St. John’s, N.L., last summer, she opted to arrive in style. The 41-year-old signed on to a “peer-to-peer” car-sharing site and rented a gleaming white Alfa Romeo SUV — from its private owner.

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RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says auto sales growth continued in July but at a slower pace than recent months.

Some 6.6 million "unsafe vehicles" are likely on the road despite having unresolved safety recalls, the federal government says. In an analysis from June, Transport Canada estimated that one in five of the 33.