House Unanimously Passes Bill to Ease Deployment of Self-Driving Cars September 6, 2017 By David Shepardson The U.S. House on Wednesday unanimously approved a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls...
House to Vote Next Week on Bill to Speed Autonomous Vehicles September 1, 2017 By David Shepardson The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without...
Neighbors Evacuated as Texas Chemical Plant Poses Explosion Risk August 30, 2017 By David Shepardson All residents within 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of a chemical plant in southeast Texas were evacuated on Tuesday as a...
National Safety Board Schedules Vote on Tesla Autopilot Crash Cause August 23, 2017 By David Shepardson The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will vote at a Sept. 12 hearing on the probable cause of a May...
Takata Files for U.S. Bankruptcy to Halt Air Bag Lawsuits August 10, 2017 By David Shepardson Japanese auto supplier Takata Corp. filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in an effort to pause lawsuits against the...
Volkswagen Wants Judge to Reject Wyoming Lawsuit August 2, 2017 By David Shepardson Volkswagen AG, trying to put a massive emissions-cheating scandal behind it, has asked a U.S. judge to reject a lawsuit...
Honda Says Florida Crash Death May be Linked to Takata Air Bag Inflator July 31, 2017 By David Shepardson Honda Motor Co said on Thursday that a Takata airbag inflator ruptured in car crash in Florida, in what could...
House Committee Advances Bill to Let Autonomous Vehicles Bypass States July 19, 2017 By David Shepardson A U.S. House panel on Wednesday approved a sweeping proposal by voice vote to allow automakers to deploy up to...
Tesla Driver: Autopilot System Didn’t Cause Minnesota Crash July 17, 2017 By David Shepardson The driver of a Tesla vehicle involved in a crash in Minnesota on July 16 has denied that its Autopilot...
FCC Expands Bandwith for Radar Used in Collision Avoidance Systems July 14, 2017 By David Shepardson The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved allocating a larger consolidated block of spectrum for use by motor vehicle...