United Passenger’s Lawyers Preparing to Drag Airline Into Court April 13, 2017 By David Shepardson, Jonathan Stempel and Alana Wise Lawyers for the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane in Chicago filed an emergency request with an Illinois state...
Automakers Recalled Record 53 Million Vehicles in U.S. in 2016 March 13, 2017 By David Shepardson Automakers recalled a record 53.2 million vehicles in 2016 in the United States after a massive expansion of the callback...
Trump Administration Reviewing Obama’s Autonomous Vehicle Guidance February 27, 2017 By David Shepardson U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said on Sunday she is reviewing self-driving vehicle guidance issued by the Obama administration and...
Automakers Want Regulatory Road Cleared for Self-Driving Vehicles February 14, 2017 By David Shepardson General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. officials will tell a U.S. House panel on Tuesday that automakers need changes...
U.S. Water Damage Class Action Settlement to Cost BMW $478 Million February 8, 2017 By David Shepardson German automaker BMW AG has agreed to pay up to $477.7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit covering about 318,000...
Takata Nears $1 Billion Settlement with U.S. Over Faulty Air Bags January 13, 2017 By David Shepardson Japan’s Takata Corp. is expected to plead guilty to criminal wrongdoing as early as Friday as part of a $1...
Volkswagen Agrees to $4.3 Billion U.S. Settlement Over Emissions Fraud January 11, 2017 By David Shepardson and Andreas Cremer Volkswagen AG confirmed on Tuesday it has negotiated a $4.3 billion draft settlement with U.S. regulators to resolve its diesel...
Judge Rules VW Must Face U.S. Investor Lawsuit Over Diesel Scandal January 6, 2017 By David Shepardson Volkswagen AG and former Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn must defend an investor lawsuit in California over the company’s diesel...
VW Claims Costs in U.S. for Emissions Scam Top $17 Billion with More to Come December 21, 2016 By David Shepardson Volkswagen AG has agreed to a $1 billion settlement to fix or buy back another 80,000 polluting diesel vehicles sold...
Apple Urges Regulators to Go Easy on Autonomous Vehicle Testing December 6, 2016 By David Shepardson Apple Inc. is wading in to the debate over regulation of self-driving cars, declaring it is excited about the potential...