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Systems that let drivers take their hands off the wheel don't improve safety, NTSB head says

By JOSH FUNK
Apr 02, 2026 2:24 pm - The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says the systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel are convenient but don’t improve safety because people who use them often pay less attention to the road. The hearing on Tuesday focused on two fatal crashes involving Ford’s Blue Cruise system. The NTSB formally recommended that automakers need to do more to improve the way these systems monitor drivers, and the government should establish minimum safety standards.
Think your auto insurance rates are too high? Legislation could give Illinois consumers a break

By Marni Pyke
Mar 29, 2026 12:15 pm - Senate considers insurance reform bill to curb excessive auto and home rate increases, but industry warns it will do the opposite.
Drivers wonder if they should go electric as the war spikes gas prices

By ALEXA ST. JOHN and TAMMY WEBBER
Mar 12, 2026 8:12 am - xperts say prolonged high gas prices may drive some EV interest and sales. Car-buying resource Edmunds says it has seen an uptick in people researching EVs and hybrids.
Why EV chargers are booming despite slumping new car sales

By Kyle Stock
Mar 09, 2026 2:59 pm - Despite the plunge in US electric-vehicle sales, it appears there’s a critical enough mass to sustain the companies building public charging infrastructure.
Time for electric vehicle owners to pony up? Legislation to hike EV fees has a pay-per-mile option

By Marni Pyke
Mar 01, 2026 8:45 pm - Illinois electric vehicle owners could be reckoning with a new $320 fee or paying a tax on miles traveled if legislation filed in the state Senate gains traction. “It’s appropriate that EV owners pay their share,“ bill sponsor says.
‘Real sticker shock’: Why it’s becoming so expensive to buy a car in America

By Todd C. Frankel
Feb 21, 2026 1:52 pm - It can be a shock shopping for a new car these days. The pandemic shortages are over. Dealer lots are stocked. Customers can find the colors and options they want. But prices have never been higher — and the auto loans bigger and longer than ever to make it pencil out.
EPA ends credits for automatic start-stop vehicle ignition, a feature Zeldin says ‘everyone hates’

By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Feb 12, 2026 4:16 pm - The Environmental Protection Agency announced an end Thursday to credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles, a device intended to reduce emissions that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said “everyone hates.”
Ford planning five models under $40,000 in affordability push

By Keith Naughton
Feb 12, 2026 2:36 pm - Ford Motor Co. is planning to launch five new models priced under $40,000 by the end of the decade in a gambit to offer more affordable vehicles as the average cost of new cars tops $50,000 in the U.S.
Full throttle: Chicago Auto Show cruises into McCormick Place

By Marni Pyke
Feb 06, 2026 7:12 pm - What’s hot at the auto show, plus insider tips on market trends and interest rates.
‘This was a rescue’: St. Charles plastics plant remains open after being bought by German firm

By Joey Weslo
Feb 02, 2026 11:41 am - After months of expecting the manufacturing plant to close down for good, the German-based company MATEtronix acquired Microplastics Inc., rehiring a majority of the same employees and keeping the equipment in St. Charles.

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