Progressive Says Technology Pulling Auto Safety in Opposite Directions February 10, 2022 By Jim Sams While automakers are making progress in including lifesaving automatic safety devices with their latest vehicles, advances in another kind of...
Consumer Reports, Insurance Safety Institute to Rate Vehicle Driver Automation Systems January 21, 2022 By David Shepardson Two nonprofit bodies, Consumer Reports and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), said separately on Thursday they are reviewing...
US Auto Safety Agency Presses Tesla on Video Game Feature December 8, 2021 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — Expressing concern about distraction-affected vehicle crashes, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday it...
Are Autonomous Vehicles Safe for Public Roads? There’s a Tool for Gauging That. August 19, 2021 By Paul Lienert Aurora, the Silicon Valley self-driving startup founded by former Tesla, Uber and Google executives, has released what it says is...
Safety Agency Recommends 50,000 Chevy Bolt Owners Park Outside to Prevent Fires July 15, 2021 By David Shepardson U.S. auto safety regulators on Wednesday urged about 50,000 owners of General Motors electric Chevrolet Bolt vehicles that were recalled...
Tesla to Recall 135,000 U.S. Vehicles Under Pressure From Auto Safety Regulators February 2, 2021 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — Tesla Inc has agreed to recall 134,951 Model S and Model X vehicles with touchscreen displays that could...
U.S. Agencies Question FCC Plan to Shift Auto Spectrum to Wi-Fi October 30, 2020 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — The U.S. Transportation and Treasury departments raised strong objections to a plan proposed by the Federal Communications Commission...
SUVs More Deadly to Pedestrians Than Passenger Cars, Says Insurance Safety Study June 16, 2020 SUVs are more likely than passenger cars to injure or kill pedestrians, according to a new U.S. insurance industry study...
Connected Cars Yield to Broadband as FCC Advances Airwaves Plan December 12, 2019 By Todd Shields and Ryan Beene The U.S. Federal Communications Commission moved toward letting mobile devices take over airwaves long assigned to carmakers for vehicle safety,...
Edmunds: Safety Tech is Making Auto Repairs More Costly April 4, 2019 By Rex Tokeshi-Torres Vehicle safety technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Today’s cars can watch your blind spot, help keep you...