Update: Volkswagen’s U.S. Diesel Settlement Tab to Top $15 Billion June 27, 2016 By David Shepardson and Joel Schectman German automaker Volkswagen AG will pay more than $15.3 billion to settle charges that it cheated on U.S. diesel emissions...
Americans on Road to Driving Record Number of Miles May 31, 2016 By David Shepardson American drivers logged a record number of miles in the first three months of the year, as travel rose 4.2...
White House Urged to Protect Wireless Spectrum for Connected Vehicles May 6, 2016 By David Shepardson More than 50 automakers, state transportation agencies and other groups urged the White House and other federal policymakers on Thursday...
Reuters Special Report: How Google Is Winning Acceptance of Driverless Vehicles April 27, 2016 By Alexandria Sage, David Shepardson and Paul Ingrassia The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Plaza in Austin, Texas is a strip mall with a pet-accessories store, a Thai restaurant and...
Automakers Told They Could Learn from Aviation Industry’s Safety Practices April 15, 2016 By David Shepardson The U.S. government is bringing together top airline and auto company executives to discuss aviation industry practices such as safety...
Carmakers Want Insurers to Help Boost Compliance with Recalls April 13, 2016 By David Shepardson Major carmakers want U.S. auto insurance companies to help persuade millions of American car owners to get recalled vehicles fixed....
Texas Teen’s Air Bag Death Spurs Renewed Call to Fix Recalled Cars April 8, 2016 By Bernie Woodall and David Shepardson The brother of a Texas teenager killed by shrapnel from an exploding Takata Corp air bag said that his family...
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...