Federal Court Allows Counties’ Clean Air Claims Against VW for Diesel Scandal June 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel and David Shepardson A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Volkswagen AG cannot escape potential financial penalties from two counties in Florida...
U.S. to Mandate Safety Management for Aircraft Manufacturers May 20, 2020 By David Shepardson The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it would require Boeing Co. and other aircraft manufacturers to adopt new safety-management tools...
Trump Administration Rule Changes Allow Trucker Work Day of 14 Hours May 15, 2020 By David Shepardson The U.S. Transportation Department on Thursday published new rules for truck drivers that will allow short-haul drivers to work a...
Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer Says Manufacturers Can Reopen on May 11 May 8, 2020 By Ben Klayman and David Shepardson Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the state’s factories can reopen on May 11, removing one of the last major obstacles...
U.S. Tells Auto Makers They Don’t Have to Recall 56 Million Takata Air Bag Inflators May 7, 2020 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Thursday it will not require automakers to recall 56 million additional Takata...
Senators Seek to Address Privacy Concerns Over Tech Firms’ Covid-19 Contact Tracing May 4, 2020 By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson A group of Republican U.S. senators said Thursday they would introduce legislation to address consumer privacy concerns surrounding technology companies’...
U.S. Agency Rewrite of Rules Will Speed Up Arrival of Self-Driving Cars March 17, 2020 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Tuesday it was proposing sweeping changes to U.S. safety requirements to speed...
U.S. Jury Awards Four VW Diesel Owners $100K in Punitive Damages Over Cheating March 11, 2020 By David Shepardson A U.S. jury in California on Monday awarded the drivers of four Volkswagen AG vehicles a total of $100,000 as...
U.S. Probes Batch of Faulty Coronavirus Test Kits March 2, 2020 By David Shepardson The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Sunday that it is investigating a manufacturing defect in some...
Safety Board Hits Tesla Autopilot Design, Regulator’s ‘Misguided’ Approach February 26, 2020 By David Shepardson The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday sharply criticized Tesla Inc.’s lack of system safeguards in a fatal 2018 Autopilot...