US Officials Mull Easing Tariffs Targeting the Auto Industry April 24, 2025 By Maya Averbuch, Eric Martin, Josh Wingrove and Keith Laing The Trump administration is considering whether to reduce certain tariffs targeting the auto industry that carmaker executives have warned would...
Transport Secretary Orders Fuel-Economy Rule Rewrite January 29, 2025 By Keith Laing Newly appointed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered a rewrite of more stringent US fuel-economy rules, following through on one of...
GM, Ford Fall on Trump Tariffs Seen Adding $3,000 to Car Prices November 27, 2024 By David Welch, Gabrielle Coppola and Keith Laing Shares of US automakers tumbled on worries that a new round of tariffs imposed by President-elect Donald Trump will cause...
California Pledges EV Buyer Rebate If Trump Kills $7,500 Credit November 25, 2024 By Keith Laing California Gov. Gavin Newsom is promising to step in with a state electric-car tax credit if US President-elect Donald Trump...
Ford Faces Two Recall Probes as Carmaker Combats Quality Woes November 19, 2024 By Keith Laing US auto safety regulators are probing two recent recalls by Ford Motor Co. as the carmaker struggles to contain quality...
Ford Hit With Near-Record $165 Million Penalty on Recall Failure November 15, 2024 By Keith Laing and Keith Naughton Ford Motor Co. agreed to a $165 million civil penalty to settle allegations the company failed to recall cars with...
Cruise Gets More Oversight After California Robotaxi Dragging Incident October 1, 2024 By Keith Laing and David Welch General Motors Co.’s robotaxi company will undergo tougher oversight and pay a fine to settle claims by US auto safety...
Alphabet’s Waymo Probed by US After Autonomous Car Incidents May 14, 2024 By Keith Laing The top US auto-safety regulator opened an investigation into Waymo, the autonomous-vehicle subsidiary of subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., after 22...
Tesla Critics Say the Autopilot Recall Fixes Don’t Go Far Enough December 14, 2023 By Keith Laing Tesla Inc.’s decision to fix more than 2 million vehicles’ Autopilot driver-assistance systems after a federal probe drew some praise...
Congress Wades Into Self-Driving Debate With New House Bills July 26, 2023 By Keith Laing Congress is wading into the debate over whether automakers should be allowed to sell hundreds of thousands of self-driving cars...