Safety Agency Orders Ford to Recall 3 Million Vehicles Over Takata Air Bags January 20, 2021 By David Shepardson Ford Motor Co. must recall 3 million vehicles with potentially defective driver-side Takata air bags, the U.S. auto safety regulator...
Outgoing Administration Moves to Lift Safety Restrictions for Some Autonomous Vehicles January 15, 2021 By Joseph White and David Shepardson The outgoing Trump administration said on Thursday it was issuing new rules that would allow manufacturers of automated vehicles to...
Driving Declined But Traffic Deaths Rose 13% After Lockdowns Ended January 14, 2021 By David Shepardson U.S. traffic deaths jumped dramatically after coronavirus lockdowns ended in 2020, rising 13.1% in the three months ending Sept. 30...
Boeing to Pay $2.5B to Settle With Justice Department Over 737 MAX Crashes January 11, 2021 By Tracy Rucinski, Eric M. Johnson and David Shepardson Boeing Co. will pay more than $2.5 billion in fines and compensation after reaching a settlement with the U.S. Department...
Safety Agency Dismisses Claims of Faulty Acceleration Against Tesla January 11, 2021 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it would not grant a petition seeking a formal review of 662,000...
FCC Appears Unlikely to Act on Trump Bid to Change Social Media Liability January 6, 2021 By David Shepardson The prospects of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai taking action on an effort to narrow social media companies’ legal...
Global Aviation Deaths Rose in 2020, Although Number of Crashes Fell January 4, 2021 By David Shepardson The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number...
Alphabet’s Wing Aviation Warns Proposed Drone ID Rules Invite Privacy Issues January 4, 2021 By David Shepardson Alphabet Inc.’s drone delivery unit Wing criticized Trump administration rules issued this week mandating broadcast-based remote identification of drones, saying...
Daimler to Pay $30M Penalty to End Delayed Truck Safety Recall Probe January 4, 2021 By David Shepardson Daimler AG’s North American truck unit on Thursday agreed to a $30 million U.S. civil penalty to resolve an investigation...
American Airlines Resumes Passenger Flights on Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft December 30, 2020 By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski Boeing’s 737 MAX resumed passenger flights in the United States for the first time on Tuesday after a 20-month safety...