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It's a great time to be a kid if you like tiny, expensive, electric vehicles. Last week, a company called Actev debuted the Arrow Kart, an extremely smart go-kart with a top speed of 12 miles per hour. This week, Tesla's getting into the mix with a tiny Model S made by Radio Flyer, the 99-year-old company known for its bright red wagons and tricycles. The $500 "Model S for Kids," as it's being called, is basically a scale model of Tesla's popular electric sedan. It's made for children ages three to eight and has a weight capacity of 81...

May 13, 2009 WARNING LETTER CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. Robert F. Pasin President and CEO Radio Flyer, Inc. 6515 W. Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60707 Dear Mr. Pasin: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has reviewed the markings of your Radio Flyer Classic Wagon and your Radio Flyer Retro Rocket Ride-On. FAA’s review found serious violations of the Federal Aviation Act and of the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s resolutions 900.564.0004.1 (b) and 900.782.00230.1 (s). You can find copies of the Act and the FAA’s website, http://www.faa.gov. The ICAO’s resolutions may be found at http://www.icao.int. UNAUTHORIZED AIRCRAFT Based on claims...

Maybe you had one as a kid, or knew someone who did. It's the iconic little red wagon with the Radio Flyer logo.Radio Flyer is developing a prototype of a wagon with digital controls and an MP3 player dock.Radio Flyer is developing a prototype of a wagon with digital controls and an MP3 player dock.If so, you might not recognize the newest product dreamed up by the brain trust at Radio Flyer's Chicago, Illinois, headquarters. This wagon, called the Cloud 9, is equipped with enough high-tech bells and whistles to make the family minivan jealous.

Maybe you had one as a kid, or knew someone who did. It's the iconic little red wagon with the Radio Flyer logo. If so, you might not recognize the newest product dreamed up by the brain trust at Radio Flyer's Chicago, Illinois, headquarters.

<p>CHICAGO -- The Radio Flyer wagons that for generations have seemed as American as apple pie will soon be made in China, a stark example of the trend toward shipping US jobs abroad that has become a much-debated issue this election year.</p>

Chicago-based American icon to quit making its famous wagons here, resulting in lost jobs for about half its 90 workers. Its headquarters and distribution arm will stay. Another slice of Americana is being outsourced to China. Radio Flyer Inc. will stop making its famous red metal wagons in Chicago by the fall, halting its final manufacturing operation and releasing nearly half of its 90 employees. Although Radio Flyer has resisted this move since it exited the steel-wheelbarrow business 15 years ago, the 87-year-old company finally succumbed to low-cost production overseas after determining its Chicago plant was too expensive to maintain....

<p>CHICAGO (AP) -- Radio Flyer Inc., maker of the little red wagon loved by generations of children, plans to move its manufacturing operation to China.</p> <p>The 87-year-old company said it would keep its headquarters and distribution business in Chicago but decided the Chicago plant where the metal wagons are built is too expensive to maintain. With the plant closing, Radio Flyer will lay off nearly half its 90 employees.</p>