The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Monday said it had ordered Transdev North America to immediately stop transporting school children in Florida in a driverless shuttle, as the testing could be putting them at "inappropriate" risk.
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German prosecutors fined Audi, a Volkswagen subsidiary, €800 million ($926 million) over the automaker's ongoing diesel emissions scandal.
There appears to be a problem with an awful lot of Hyundai and Kia vehicles that have yet to be issued an official recall.
"When we look at limousines and stretch limos, we see a really Frankenstein system of cars that potentially are cut up and put back together with parts and pieces that were not original to them," says Deborah Hersman, president and CEO of the nonprofit National Safety Council and former chair of the NTSB.
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) claimed its Model 3 electric car has the lowest risk of occupant injury of any vehicle in U.S. government tests, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday said the claim goes beyond the scope of its analysis.
Tesla has published its first voluntary "Vehicle Safety Report," and the numbers seem to clearly back CEO Elon Musk's assertion that drivers who use Tesla's sort of self-driving Autopilot feature are involved in fewer crashes than those who turn it off, and far fewer crashes than the general driving population.
U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer, overseeing the landmark Volkswagen Dieselgate lawsuits, issued an order allowing the RICO and state law claims of consumers who sold their affected vehicles prior to the disclosure of the fraud to continue, according to Hagens Berman.
Volkswagen has terminated the contract of Rupert Stadler, the suspended chief executive of its premium brand Audi, amid an ongoing emissions probe.
First there was Dieselgate, then there was Partneo, and now there is the suspicion of OEMs forming cartels to lower down their ambitions for green technology.
Four years after launching a massive, incredibly delayed recall aimed at preventing further deaths from its faulty ignition switches, General Motors freed itself from a criminal case launched in the scandal's wake.
The Dieselgate scandal shook the industry, as it was revealed car manufacturers including Volkswagen were rigging emissions-testing software in their diesel vehicles to make them seem more environmentally friendly than they actually were.
The German carmaker Porsche says it will stop making diesel cars, and concentrate on petrol, electric and hybrid engines instead.
Reuters is reporting that the case was dismissed after GM fulfilled the terms of its settlement with the government over the ignition switch scandal, which led to an estimated 124 deaths and 275 injuries.
On September 18th, 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency informed the public about VW's and Audi's violation of the Clean Air Act, causing government agencies around the world to launch investigations.
The Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 is supposed to be a rough-and-tumble, body-on-frame, solid rear axle-having pickup that can handle off-road trails with ease. And yet, a number of trucks' airbags are deploying on mild off-road trails, leaving owners with major hassles. Here's what's going on.
General Motors Co (GM.N) is recalling 1.205 million pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles worldwide due to issues with a temporary loss of power steering, the No.1 U.S. automaker said on Thursday.
Talk about a bad break. General Motors is issuing a recall on 210,628 vehicles in the United States and 19,385 vehicles in Canada due to a soft, spongey brake pedal. The recall impacts hundreds of thousands of 2018 and 2019 models of Chevrolet Bolt, Cruze, Equinox, Impala, Malibu, and Volt as well as Buick Cadillac XTS, LaCrosse, Regal; and GMC Terrain. The full list of car models being recalled can be found here.
Former Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn was slow to address emissions test cheating that led to huge U.S. fines, a judge hearing a damages case brought by investors against the German carmaker said on Tuesday.
Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it would recall 2 million F-150 pickup trucks in North America to address fire concerns relating to seat belts that have been linked to three serious incidents.
Nissan Motor Co. said today it is is recalling about 166,000 vehicles in North America because a defective ignition switch can affect the safe operation of airbag systems when an engine closes off while driving.
