Sidelined Transportation Rules Could Raise Safety Risk February 27, 2018 President Donald Trump says his administration has ended more unnecessary regulations than any previous administration. In response to his orders,...
Ford Adds 33K Rangers With Takata Airbags to Do-Not-Drive List February 14, 2018 By TOM KRISHER Ford and U.S. safety regulators are telling the owners of 33,428 Ranger pickup trucks in North America not to drive...
Auto Safety Agency Names 14 More Models in Takata Recall January 22, 2018 By TOM KRISHER U.S. safety regulators have released models from 14 different automakers that are being recalled to replace potentially deadly Takata airbag...
GM Drops Steering Wheel, Gives Robot Driver Control January 16, 2018 By David Welch and Ryan Beene Next year, General Motors Co. will no longer need an engineer in the front seat babysitting the robot brain that...
U.S. Regulators Working on New Policy for Autonomous Trucks, Trains January 12, 2018 By Ryan Beene Federal regulators are taking the first step toward creating a policy guiding the development of autonomous transportation beyond self-driving cars...
Takata Adds 3.3M Airbag Inflators to Massive Recall January 8, 2018 Japanese airbag maker Takata is recalling an additional 3.3 million faulty airbag inflators as it expands the largest automotive recall...
Preventing Deadly Car Rammings December 27, 2017 By TOM KRISHER and LISA MARIE PANE A deadly attack this week in Melbourne, Australia, in which a man plowed an SUV into a crowd of Christmas...
Unrepaired Takata Airbags Remain in Two-Thirds of U.S. Vehicles November 20, 2017 By Ryan Beene Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. vehicles containing defective airbag inflators made by Takata Corp. remain unrepaired as automakers have made...
Smartphones Are Killing Americans, But Nobody’s Counting October 19, 2017 By Kyle Stock, Lance Lambert and David Ingold Jennifer Smith doesn’t like the term “accident.” It implies too much chance and too little culpability. A “crash” killed her...
Distracted Driving Gets Worse With More Tech-Crammed Cars October 12, 2017 By JOAN LOWY The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off...