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Nearly half of all vehicles on the road will have to be redesigned in the next five years to pass the government’s new rear-end crash test, which replaces the 30-m.p.h. test with a 50-m.p.h. test. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the upgrades will cost manufacturers $41 million a year.
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Edited by Cara DiPasquale (cdipasquale@tribune.com) and Drew Sottardi (dsottardi@tribune.com)
