Waymo Recalls 1,200 Self-Driving Vehicles After Minor Collisions May 14, 2025 By David Shepardson and Deborah Sophia Alphabet’s Waymo is recalling more than 1,200 self-driving vehicles to update software and address risks of collisions with chains, gates...
NHTSA Estimates Traffic Fatalities in 2024 Were Lowest in Five Years April 10, 2025 Early estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for traffic fatalities in 2024 indicate that the number of people...
NHTSA Opens Probe Into Nearly 1.3 Million Ford F-150 Trucks March 24, 2025 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating nearly 1.3 million Ford F-150 pickup trucks in the United States over...
NHTSA Laid Off 4% of Staff, Spokesperson Says February 24, 2025 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration laid off 4% of its staff as part of a government-wide trimming of probationary...
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...
Trump Administration Reviewing US Automatic Emergency Braking Rule January 24, 2025 By David Shepardson A U.S. auto safety agency said on Friday it is reconsidering a landmark rule from the administration of former President...
US Upgrades Probe Into Emergency Braking Issues in Certain Honda Vehicles January 21, 2025 The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it is expanding and upgrading a probe into about 295,125...
NHTSA Probing About 2.6M Tesla Vehicles Over Remote Driving Feature January 7, 2025 By David Shepardson and Akash Sriram The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday it has opened a probe into 2.6 million Tesla vehicles in...
NHTSA Proposes Voluntary Guidelines for Self-Driving Vehicles December 23, 2024 By Tom Krisher In the waning days of President Joe Biden’s administration, the government’s highway safety agency is proposing voluntary safety guidelines for...
NHTSA to Extend Airbag Probe Rather Than Require Vehicle Recall December 19, 2024 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday it will not seek an immediate recall of airbag inflators in...