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New car prices are cooling, but experts say you still might want to wait to buy
By: Joe Hernandez | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Some welcome news for potential car buyers: dealerships are taking their foot off the gas on new car prices. According to Kelley Blue Book, the average transaction… Read More
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What AM radio’s waning reach means for the future of politics and public safety
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — In recent years, podcasts and streaming internet content have been challenging AM radio for listeners. Now, there’s another threat: electric automakers are installing radios without… Read More
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Kia and Hyundai agree to $200M settlement over car thefts
By: Emma Bowman | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Kia and Hyundai have agreed to a class-action lawsuit settlement worth about $200 million over claims that many of the Korean automakers’ cars are far too vulnerable… Read More
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Why car prices are still so high — and why they are unlikely to fall anytime soon
By: Camila Domonoske | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — It has been nearly three years since auto plants around the world started to shut down because of the pandemic. Yet between the pandemic, an acute… Read More
![A car sits in the Morton parking lot on Ohio University's campus with a charger in its port](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3074-scaled-e1648235477268-900x422.jpeg)
Gas prices got you wanting an electric or hybrid car? Well, good luck finding one
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — With gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon, many drivers are looking for a car that will go farther on a gallon of gas, or maybe one… Read More
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Why buying a car is still such a miserable experience right now
By: Camila Domonoske | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Thinking of buying a car? Kimberly Walker, a mother of two in Columbia, S.C., can tell you exactly what that’s like these days. She recently found… Read More
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Report: 80,000 Distracted Driving Crashes In Ohio In Last Five Years
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Those crashes killed at least 268 people and injured more than 3,000. Gov. Mike DeWine is fighting back with a panel to make some policy recommendations based on a new… Read More