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            <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the hive of Chris Grundler, EPA bureaucrat and bane of the auto industry.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cheap Gas Means U.S. Should Ease Auto Efficiency, Lawmakers Say]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Self-Driving Car Policy by U.S. Underscores Promise and Peril]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Self-Driving Cars Must Meet 15 Benchmarks in U.S. Guidance]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Self-Driving Car Guidelines Call for Information Sharing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:19:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - FEBRUARY 02:  Google Chairman Eric Schmidt sits in a Google self-driving car at the Google headquarters on February 2, 2015 in Mountain View, California.  U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx joined Google Chairman Eric Schmidt for a fireside chat where he unveiled Beyond Traffic, a new analysis from the U.S. Department of Transportation that anticipates the trends and choices facing our transportation system over the next three decades.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GM Falls on 3.6 Million-Vehicle Recall, New Air-Bag Defect]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:11:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Takata Truck Blast Revives Concerns Over Airbag Propellant]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:32:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Highway Fatalities Increased Most in 50 Years in 2015]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:09:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fatal Takata Truck Blast Was ‘Like a Big Bomb,’ Sheriff Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 03:33:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EPA Strengthens Greenhouse-Gas Efficiency Goals for Big Rigs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Tractor trailers from make their way along I-80 in western Pennsylvania on Thursday, August 7, 2014.  The trucking industry is an important component of US supply chains, and it employs over 2 million truckers. Trucking accidents killed more than 4,000 Americans last year, many of them blamed on the problem of trucker fatigue.Photograph: Victor J. Blue </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[EPA Warns Automakers of Even Steeper U.S. Fuel-Economy Goals]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:16:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Driver in Fatal Tesla Crash Using Autopilot Was Speeding]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:39:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anxiety-Free Electric Car Journeys Are Goal of U.S. Loan Program]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[VW ‘Top Brass’ Accused of Orchestrating Cheating for Years]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2016 01:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Even After Recall, VW’s Dirty Diesels Won’t Meet Air Standards]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2016 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EPA Study Bolsters Keeping 2025 U.S. Fuel Economy Targets]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:46:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Driver Automation to Be Scrutinized in NTSB Probe of Tesla Crash]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 21:30:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Latest Tesla Crash Draws More Scrutiny to Autopilot System]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 21:14:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fatal Tesla Crash Spurs Criticism of On-The-Road Beta Testing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 21:08:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Regulators Open Investigation Into Fatal Crash in Tesla on Autopilot]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2016 20:34:05 GMT</pubDate>
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