Cash for Clunkers continues to prove itself to be nothing short of a massive success as Ford has recently announced that the will be increasing their vehicle production of 10,000 for Q3 of this year.

This is due to the fact that Ford has seen an enormous increase in sales after the Cash for Clunkers program began, particularly their Escape and Focus models which will make up for most of the increase. Furthermore, Ford has also let us know that due to the  increased success they will be increasing Q4 vehicle production 33%  every year from this year forward.

Let’s just hope automakers don’t get too optomistic over Cash for Clunkers because that’s what put us in this horrible mess after all, right?

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Sure, GM hasn’t been doing so hot lately, but at least they have OnStar’s success under their belt. What you see above is a map taken from an OnStar command center that shows just how many users are using the service.

In case you don’t to count each dot there are 59,445 (or more) users using the service each and every day.

Below is a break down of all the uses for this particular day:

Blue button presses: 55,416

Emergency button presses: 3,939

Airbags deployed: 28

AACN (Advanced Automotive Crash Notification): 62

Total interactions: 59,445

This leads to the question, why haven’t other automakers stolen GM’s idea yet? I guess it’s only a matter of time now.

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The first thing I think of when I see cars such as the Tata Nano are the safety hazards associated with driving such a small vehicle. Just imagine getting crashed into by a truck while driving one of those. Get my point?

Well, contrary to my belief, the Tata Nano has successfully made its way through crash testing in Europe which means that the car itself is in fact safe to drive. According to Autocar, Tata execs were “delighted but not surprised” at the successful testing of the budget car.

Of course, in the US our crash testings are a bit more strict than those elsewhere so the Nano will have to undergo some upgrades before it makes its way onto American soil.

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