Citing Lives Saved, Regulators Prepare to Mandate Talking Car Technology August 18, 2014 By Jeff Plungis The U.S. Transportation Department moved forward on writing rules that may mandate automakers’ use of talking-car technology, saying more than...
Some Trucking Firms Want Congress to Ease Safety Limit on Truckers’ Hours June 5, 2014 By Jeff Plungis The 70-hour cap on a U.S. trucker’s workweek has a chance of being eased by Congress, undoing the result of...
Crash-Avoiding Automatic Brakes Becoming Standard Equipment: IIHS May 29, 2014 By Jeff Plungis Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) and Daimler AG are among automakers that are improving and speeding up their use of...
GM Now Links 47 Crashes to Ignition Failure May 27, 2014 By Jeff Plungis and Tim Higgins General Motors Co. has now linked 47 crashes to small cars with defective ignition switches while saying it hasn’t increased...
Carmakers, Regulators Looking Into Flaws in Air Bag Technology May 16, 2014 By Jeff Green, Jeff Plungis and Patrick G. Lee When Ford Motor Co. recalled 600,000 sport-utility vehicles last week, it became the fourth carmaker this year to acknowledge an...
GM’s Mid-Sized SUVs Get Good News in Insurance Safety Test April 8, 2014 By Jeff Plungis General Motors Co.’s Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain earned the top marks among mid-size sport-utility vehicles in a test designed...
GM Hires Feinberg to Handle Recall; CEO Barra Testifies Before Congress April 1, 2014 By Jeff Plungis and Tim Higgins General Motors Co. has retained Kenneth Feinberg, who supervised claims funds after the BP Plc oil spill and other calamities,...
For Safety Advocates, GM Recall Highlights Cuts in Government Investigations March 26, 2014 By Jeff Plungis The U.S. office responsible for monitoring safety defects in cars has had its budget stagnate and its staff cut by...
Georgia Lawyer Dug Deep to Bring Case Against General Motors March 18, 2014 By Jeff Plungis and Patrick G. Lee Six days after General Motors Co. recalled almost 800,000 Chevrolet Cobalts and Pontiac G5s for a defect that could cause...
GM Kept Ignition Switch Fix Secret from Owners March 18, 2014 By Jeff Plungis General Motors Co. took advantage of a regulatory gray area to address an engine defect almost a decade ago, leaving...