NHTSA Reports 28th Takata Air Bag Inflator Death Since 2009 September 3, 2024 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday it had confirmed the 28th death in the United States stemming...
NHTSA Closes Two Preliminary Probes Into Fisker’s Ocean SUVs August 30, 2024 The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Wednesday it has closed two separate probes into Fisker’s Ocean SUVs over an...
Tesla Recalls 1.85 Million US Vehicles Over Unlatched Hood Issue July 31, 2024 By David Shepardson Tesla is recalling 1.85 million vehicles in the United States due to risk of software failure to detect an unlatched...
BMW Recalling Over 1,100 More Vehicles Over Airbag Concern, NHTSA Says July 17, 2024 By Nathan Gomes BMW is recalling 1,145 vehicles in the United States over a potential issue that may cause the driver’s airbag to...
3 People Killed by Faulty Replacement Air Bag Inflators in Last 9 Months: NHTSA July 11, 2024 By David Shepardson A U.S. auto safety regulator said on Wednesday that three people have been killed and two seriously injured in the...
NHTSA: Traffic Deaths Decrease Again in Q1 2024 July 9, 2024 Less people died in traffic accidents during the first three months of 2024, compared to the same time the prior...
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...
NHTSA Seeks Answers From Tesla in Autopilot Recall Probe May 7, 2024 By David Shepardson U.S. auto safety investigators are seeking detailed answers and documents from Tesla in a probe into the automaker’s December recall...
US to Require New Cars to Have Emergency Braking Systems by 2029 April 30, 2024 By David Shepardson Nearly all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the United States will be required to have automatic emergency braking...
US Probes Tesla Recall of 2 Million Vehicles Over Autopilot, Citing Concerns April 26, 2024 By David Shepardson U.S. auto safety regulators said Friday they have opened an investigation into whether Tesla’s recall of more than 2 million...