Uber’s Self-Driving Car That Killed Pedestrian Lacked Tech to Detect Jaywalkers November 7, 2019 By Ryan Beene and Alan Levin Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving test car that struck and killed a pedestrian last year wasn’t programmed to recognize and react...
U.S. to Update Crash Test Standards and Dummies October 18, 2019 By Ryan Beene U.S. auto safety regulators next year will propose several changes to federal crash testing standards that critics say have failed...
Replacing Car Mirrors With High-Tech Cameras May be Closer Than It Appears October 10, 2019 By Ryan Beene Drivers in the U.S. may one day no longer have to crane their necks to check their blind spots if...
Automated Driver Assist Cars Still a Work in Progress September 9, 2019 By Alan Levin and Ryan Beene To the human driver, it would have been an obvious obstacle: a police car and fire truck, emergency lights blazing,...
Consumer Watchdog Nader Says Boeing 737 Max Should Be Grounded Forever June 5, 2019 By Ryan Beene Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said the larger engines mounted to the Boeing 737 Max represented a design flaw and called...
Boeing’s Legal Woes Over Crashes Mount with Negligence Suits by Families April 30, 2019 By Ryan Beene Boeing Co. was sued Monday by two Canadians who lost 10 family members in the March crash of a 737...
U.S. Plans Global Summit on Boeing 737 Max Safety April 26, 2019 By Ryan Beene The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration next month will brief international aviation regulators on the agency’s work evaluating when the Boeing...
U.S Now Probing 12 Million Air Bags for Possible Deadly Electrical Flaw April 23, 2019 By Ryan Beene The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a possible deadly flaw in some 12.3 million vehicles that could...
Records Show Sensors Linked to Boeing 737 Max Crashes Vulnerable to Failure April 11, 2019 By Alan Levin and Ryan Beene The crashes of two Boeing Co. 737 Max jets in five months have focused attention on a little-known device that...
Honda to Re-Recall 1 Million Cars in U.S. to Replace Faulty Air Bag Parts March 12, 2019 By Ryan Beene Honda Motor Co. will recall more than a million vehicles in the U.S. to replace a batch of faulty air...