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Tesla’s charging network for its electric vehicles in the United States will no longer be exclusive to the brand. The Biden administration announced today that part of Tesla’s network will be opened to other EV brands by the end of 2024 as part of a $7.5 billion federal program to …

Updated Feb. 16, 2023: Reuters reports that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is now in talks with Ford over the company’s halting of the production of the F150 Lightning electric pickup and the reason for the assembly line shutdown was a fire involving one EV truck during a pre-delivery …

LITCHFIELD, CT – From a distance, it looks like a classic Chevrolet Chevelle. But it’s not a Chevy.  Get a bit closer and its split grill suggests maybe a vintage Pontiac muscle car. But it’s not a Pontiac, either, despite what its registration states, although badging on the car does …

By Bud Wilkinson / HARWINTON, CT – Bruce Richard’s mother passed away nearly three years ago but it was only recently when going through some of her things that he made a discovery. “I opened up this box and there was this plastic bag in there. I looked inside the …

HARWINTON, CT – It’s only mid-February but more than 60 clubs, organizations and charities have already locked in dates for car shows across Connecticut in 2023. The first one’s this weekend, while the final one is in October. At least 50 other shows haven’t yet revealed their dates, but it …

HARWINTON, CT – Unlike in their younger days, Pat and Bill Green of Harwinton don’t drive their dove gray, two-seat 1960 MGA roadster very often. In fact, since giving the British sports car an expensive freshening with new hoses and other rubber elements a year or so ago, it has …

TROY, MI – Luxury automaker Lexus makes the most dependable vehicles on the road, results of a survey by J.D. Power released Thursday revealed. Lexus averaged 133 problems per 100 vehicles, well below the industry average of 186 problems. Genesis claimed the runner-up spot with 144 problems, with Kia (152 …

BEACON FALLS, CT – At a distance, it almost looks like a Matchbox model, but it visibly lacks the quality of the toy. With a Duraplast body and small two-stroke engine, the smoky and noisy Trabant 601 was a cheaply-made East German sedan that buyers often waited years to get …

WETHERSFIELD, CT – “Classic” registrations are skyrocketing in Connecticut. The number of cars, trucks and motorcycles displaying white “Classic Vehicle” license plates hit 87,155 in January, according to data compiled for RIDE-CT by the state Department of Motor Vehicles. That’s 11,449 more than the 75,706 vintage vehicles on the road …

NEW HARTFORD, CT – Bill DeDominicis of New Hartford has owned his two-seat 1962 Chevrolet Corvette sports car for 45 years. “I was just always a car guy. Always a Chevrolet man. And the Corvette was the next step up,” he said one sunny day last fall. DeDominicis recalled that …