Dirty lies: how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions Dieselgate, as it became known, exploded into one of the biggest corporate scandals in history.
A group of U.S. states is investigating Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Motors Corp for potential unfair and deceptive acts related to reports of hundreds of vehicle fires.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said the car maker's former chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, knew about a "massive" emissions fraud in November 2007.
A Vancouver family is blaming a big car company after experiencing heart-stopping engine failure on a B.C. highway — a life-threatening emergency they say could have been avoided if Hyundai hadn't delayed a safety recall for years.
As the battle for the autonomous car market amps up, with Tesla, Waymo and emergent startups all vying to be the first to render human drivers irrelevant, the general public's worries about crashes and pedestrian fatalities have slowly abated.
Forgetting to shut off a keyless vehicle has been a safety hazard for years, causing a growing number of carbon-monoxide deaths. But a proposed regulation to require warning signals and other precautions has languished in the face of opposition from the auto industry.
Ford Motor Co. revealed its emission testing could be flawed and took pains to soothe anxiety among investors in an industry wracked by years of pollution scandals.