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When the Ford Motor Co. introduced its 1957 Ranchero sedan-pickup it added a new car-like dimension to American light duty trucks.

A scooter is not a motor-assisted cycle, the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Court of Appeal has ruled in the case of a man charged with driving without a driver’s licence and with driving without insurance.

The Japanese automotive industry was anxious to get into car building following the Second World War.

Glass-reinforced plastic, popularly known as fibreglass, was developed by the Owens-Corning Co. of Corning, New York, just before the Second World War.

Gas turbines develop power in one smooth continuous stream, a far more elegant process than the reciprocating motion of pistons starting and stopping thousands of times per minute.

As the Second World War neared its end in late 1944 American auto manufacturers were planning their conversion to civilian production.

The family of an 88-year-old Victoria man who has to take a road test to regain his driver’s licence says the provincial government is endangering his life by putting him in a vehicle with a stranger for up to 90 minutes during the pandemic.

The free ride is coming to an end for electric-vehicle owners at public charging stations around the capital region. And that’s fine for David Grove, president of the 1,000-member Victoria Electric Vehicle Association.

When imported cars began arriving in North America after the Second World War, the English Austin nameplate initially became the best known.

Electric-vehicle owners using charging stations owned by Saanich will have to pay for the service starting Jan. 4.