GM Takata airbag recall kicks off with 2.6 million trucks and SUVs

CNET

Owners of General Motors vehicles can take some solace knowing a recall is officially underway for the first portion of trucks and SUVs the federal government said GM must recall due to faulty Takata airbags. This week, GM filed recall documents with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and said the campaign officially kicks off on March 1. read more »

Mercedes-Benz resumes diesel vehicle sales in Korea

KOREA TIMES

Mercedes-Benz has resumed sales of its diesel vehicles in Korea after briefly suspending customer delivery of nine diesel models. read more »

Thieves Nationwide Are Slithering Under Cars, Swiping Catalytic Converters

NEW YORK TIMES

Michael Kevane, an economics professor in San Jose, Calif., didn’t give a second thought to parking his 2005 Prius in his driveway one rainy evening last month. But the next morning, when his son Elliot went to start up the car, “it sounded like a jackhammer,” Mr. Kevane said. “The whole block could hear the noise.” read more »

Elon Musk wants clean power. But Tesla's carrying bitcoin's dirty baggage

REUTERS

Tesla boss Elon Musk is a poster child of low-carbon technology. Yet the electric carmaker’s backing of bitcoin this week could turbo-charge global use of a currency that’s estimated to cause more pollution than a small country every year. read more »