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GM's ignition switch crisis may bring end to antiquated ignition key

The push-button start on the redesigned 2015 GMC Yukon. The recall of 2.59 million cars may prompt GM to make push-button start standard in all of its vehicles. (GM)
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By:
Jeff Green Jeff Plungis
May 04, 2014 05:00 AM

DETROIT -- The furor over General Motors' deadly ignition switch has the potential to doom the antiquated car key, a technology drivers have been using -- and complaining about -- for 65 years.

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