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Interior Motives Design Awards 2013 deadline this Friday

The deadline for entries to the Interior Motives Design Awards is Friday 12th April. You have just three more days to have your work evaluated by some of the most influential figures in the automotive design industry, including Volkswagen's Romulus Rost and Wolfgang-Müller-Pietralla, and Amko Leenarts and David Woodhouse of Ford. Should your project reach the final round of judging, it will be displayed at a glamorous awards ceremony in Frankfurt on 9th September, the eve of the first Frankfurt Motor Show press day.

NHTSA opens investigation into Ford Taurus throttle issue

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a preliminary investigation into claims of the throttle sticking open on the Ford Taurus from the 2005-06 model years. NHSTA says there are 14 claims of a stuck throttle in the Taurus, possibly because of the cruise-control cable becoming detached. No injuries have been reported.

New York City Taxi of Tomorrow plans hit a roadblock

New York City administration's plan to replace current taxi cabs with the specially developed Nissan Taxi of Tomorrow has been stymied by a recent legal decision, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. The New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan (it's a bit confusing, but this is actually the on the level of the lowest state courts in New York state's court system) has issued a decision which determined the project to be an overreach of executive authority, siding with taxi magnate Evgeny Freidman and the Greater New York Taxi Association. The court stated that city's Taxi and Limousine Commission lacked the authority to compel cab companies to purchase the any particular vehicle -- in this case, the Nissan NV200 Taxi, which was slated to hit streets just a couple weeks from now on Oct.