As auto-lending risks grow, Ford Credit looks more stable than GM Financial

As auto-lending risks grow, Ford Credit looks more stable than GM Financial

Published: June 26, two thousand seventeen Two:26 p.m. ET

Ford Credit has a long tenure as Ford Motor’s captive finance company, while GMF is just ramping up, says Moody’s

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Ford Credit and General Motors Financial, the lending arms of their respective auto makers, are both laboring under falling vehicle values and elevated loan losses, but Ford Credit is healthier than its rival, Moody’s said Monday. (more…)

Are opioid addictions more deadly than car crashes – gun violence, KPTM

Are opioid addictions more deadly than car crashes & gun violence?

Are opioid addictions more deadly than car crashes & gun violence?

Thousands of people die every year from overdosing on painkillers.

Now, some say that these drugs are more deadly than car crashes and gun violence.

Matt Tompkins said, “That was a pretty scary moment and I hadn’t communicated any of the things I’d been going through with my spouse.”

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Anarchy on India’s Roads Has Driverless Car in a Jam

Anarchy on India’s Roads Has Driverless Car in a Jam

Race To Build Self-Driving Cars Accelerates

At a secret testing track outside Bangalore, an arm of the Tata conglomerate is recreating the jumble of Indian roads to develop an autonomous driving system.

That means accounting for pedestrians darting through traffic at will, numerous lanes that merge without warning, poor signage and stray cattle continuous on the roadside. (more…)