BMW sued in US, accused of emissions manipulation

Following a raid of BMW's headquarters last week, top US law firm Hagens Berman filed suit against the luxury carmaker. It accuses BMW of rigging diesel cars and masking high levels of pollution.

First VW, then Mercedes-maker Daimler, now BMW. US law firm Hagens Berman on Tuesday launched a class-action suit against its third German carmaker, accusing BMW of manipulating emissions in diesel models. The move follows a raid of three BMW locations by German prosecutors last week. read more »

Who’s Making Sure That Self-Driving Cars Are Safe?

In the wake of a tragic accident in which a pedestrian was killed by a self-driving car in Arizona, many are asking what went wrong–and who’s responsible.

The self-driving future may be closer than you think. There are already plenty of autonomous cars cruising the streets in California, Michigan, Florida, Arizona, Nevada, and Massachusetts. And those fleets are poised to grow exponentially, with Waymo, Uber, General Motors, and others promising to have tens of thousands of them on the road by 2020. These phantom rides have been largely greeted with excited curiosity. But in the wake of a high-profile death in Arizona, new questions are being raised about their safety, and both techies and regulators are being pressured to come up with some answers. read more »