Kentucky Sues Volkswagen Over Diesel Emissions Cheating April 4, 2016 By David Shepardson Kentucky has filed suit against Volkswagen AG and its luxury units claiming the German automaker’s diesel emissions cheating scheme violated...
Kentucky Sues Volkswagen Over Diesel Emissions Cheating March 24, 2016 By David Shepardson Kentucky sued Volkswagen AG and its luxury units on Tuesday claiming the German automaker’s diesel emissions cheating scheme violated the...
Vehicles ‘Increasingly Vulnerable’ to Hacking, Warns FBI March 18, 2016 By David Shepardson The FBI and U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a bulletin Thursday warning that motor vehicles are “increasingly...
Automatic Braking, Due by 2022 in U.S. Cars, Could Prevent 20% of All Crashes March 17, 2016 By David Shepardson Major automakers will announce Thursday they have agreed to install automatic emergency braking systems in nearly all U.S. vehicles by...
‘Smart City’ Pilot Project to Test Tools Aimed at Reducing Accidents March 11, 2016 By David Shepardson The U.S. Transportation Department and NXP Semiconductors NV are joining forces in a pilot project to use communication technology to...
Former VW CEO Was Alerted to Problems with US Diesel Emissions Tests in 2014 March 3, 2016 By Andreas Cremer, Christoph Steitz and David Shepardson Volkswagen’s former chief executive officer was alerted to problems with U.S. diesel emissions tests in 2014, but the issue “did...
Google Takes Partial Blame After Self-Driving Car Hit Bus March 1, 2016 By David Shepardson Alphabet Inc.’s Google said on Monday it bears “some responsibility” after one of its self-driving cars struck a municipal bus...
U.S. Safety Agency to Google: Software Qualifies as a Driver February 22, 2016 By David Shepardson and Paul Lienert U.S. vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver...
U.S. Safety Rules Key to Driverless Car Future: Google February 12, 2016 By David Shepardson and Paul Lienert Alphabet Inc.’s Google unit told U.S. auto safety regulators that the government’s interpretation of motor vehicle safety rules is “extremely...
Software Qualifies as a Driver, Says U.S. Safety Agency on Google Self-Driving Car February 10, 2016 By David Shepardson and Paul Lienert U.S. vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver...