Tesla Faces Lawsuit Over Crash in China September 15, 2016 By Craig Trudell Tesla Motors Inc. said it has no way of knowing whether its Autopilot system was involved in a crash in...
Takata Engineers ‘Manipulated’ Results of Air-Bag Inflator Tests: Honda Audit July 19, 2016 By Craig Trudell and Margaret Cronin Fisk Takata Corp., the air-bag supplier behind the industry’s largest ever recall, routinely manipulated results of air-bag inflator tests reported to...
Mitsubishi Motors Faces Uncertain Future as Fuel Test Scandal Deepens April 27, 2016 By Craig Trudell, Masatsugu Horie and Monami Yui For the second time in about a decade, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. faces a scandal that poses an existential threat. The...
Toyota $1B Research Labs Near Stanford, MIT to Develop Autonomous Vehicles November 6, 2015 By Craig Trudell and Yuki Hagiwara Toyota Motor Corp. is spending $1 billion to form a research institute focused on the artificial intelligence and robotics technology...
Takata Air Bag Recall Could Be Expanded to Other Car Makers September 28, 2015 By Craig Trudell The U.S. regulator overseeing the replacement of Takata Corp. air bags is considering an order that would expand the recalls...
Fully Self-Driving Cars Still 15 Years Down the Road: Supplier June 25, 2015 By Craig Trudell and Masatsugu Horie The technology to make cars fully autonomous probably won’t be established until at least 2030, according to the top supplier...
Snow Problem When It Comes to Self-Driving Cars, Says Google January 15, 2015 By Craig Trudell Google Inc. sees Detroit’s snow as a bigger barrier than Washington’s regulators for its self-driving car. The technology giant doesn’t...
8 Million Cars Recalled for Air Bags; Only 6% Repaired: Bloomberg November 20, 2014 By Craig Trudell and Ma Jie Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and other major automakers have fixed only a fraction of the almost 8 million...
Takata Quality Control Committee Formed in Response to Air-Bag Crisis October 27, 2014 By Craig Trudell and Masatsugu Horie Takata Corp. said it will form a global quality control committee in response to an auto-safety crisis created by flaws...
Air Bag Recalls Renew Doubts About Carmakers’ Responses to Defects October 21, 2014 By Craig Trudell, Ma Jie and Yuki Hagiwara A deepening crisis involving deadly air bags is shaking confidence in the ability of automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. and...