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Elon Musk's Tesla sued by family who says faulty doors led to wrongful deaths from fiery crashA lawsuit alleges Tesla's Model S design trapped five occupants in a fiery crash. The vehicle's electronic door systems reportedly failed a...
Elon Musk's Tesla seeks to guard crash data from public disclosureElon Musk's EV company Tesla, stated in a federal court filing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, that the requested vehicle crash data is co...
Trump transition recommends scrapping car-crash reporting requirement opposed by TeslaThe Trump transition team has recommended eliminating a requirement for companies to report automated vehicle crashes, a move that could be...
Tesla's Autopilot faces unprecedented scrutinyElon Musk has championed Tesla Inc's driver assistance Autopilot and "Full Self-Driving" software as innovations that will both improve roa...
Hyundai and Kia settle suit over TikTok theft challengeHyundai and Kia on Friday announced a deal to settle a lawsuit filed by car theft victims after a TikTok "challenge" showed how easy it was...
Tesla, Elon Musk sued by shareholders over self-driving safety claimsIn a proposed class action filed in San Francisco federal court, shareholders said Tesla defrauded them over four years with false and misl...
Goodyear to recall RV tires 19 years after last one was madeGoodyear's G159 tires have been under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since December of 2017. On Tuesda...
Elon Musk opens hardcore litigation department at Tesla to fight lawsuitsIn a tweet, Musk said: "Tesla is building a hardcore litigation department where we directly initiate & execute lawsuits. The team will rep...
Elon Musk, Tesla attack SEC for 'unrelenting' harassmentThe letter escalates Musk's battle with regulators as they scrutinize his social media posts and Tesla's treatment of workers, including ac...
Tesla wants to keep secret its response in Autopilot probeThe electric vehicle maker sent a partial response by a Friday deadline to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is inv...
US asks Tesla how Autopilot responds to emergency vehiclesThe letter is part of a wide-ranging investigation into how the company's partially automated driving system behaves when first responder v...
U.S. agency opens probe into 115,000 Tesla vehicles over suspension issueThe auto safety regulator said it was opening a preliminary evaluation into 2015-2017 Model S and 2016-2017 Model X vehicles after receivin...
Automakers including Honda Motor, Fiat Chrysler recall 12 million US vehicles over Takata air bagsThe new recall is focused on passenger-side air bag inflators, while prior recalls were for all frontal inflators.
General Motors runs 16 additional tests on cars with bad ignition switchesGM has recalled 2.6 million cars, including Chevrolet Cobalts & Saturn Ions, because the defective ignition switches are prone to being jos...
General Motors recalls 52,000 SUVs on fuel-gauge software flawThe planned fix follows other GM recalls including that of 2.59 million small cars for faulty ignition switches that allowed keys to slip o...
- Toyota set to pay US fine, deny cover-up over gas pedals
Toyota Motor expected to pay a $16.38 million fine imposed by US govt but plans to deny deliberately covering up defects in its vehicles.
- US says Toyota hid pedal defect, proposes $16.4-million fine
Toyota Motor 'knowingly hid a dangerous defect' that caused its vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly, the US said, for the first time accusi...
- Toyota secretive on 'black box' data
Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline ``black boxes'' that could explain crashes blamed on sudde...
- Toyota hearings may lead to new auto safety rules
US lawmakers and officials will now decide if the auto industry needs new regulations to ensure that huge safety recalls aren't repeated. T...
- US investigators cast new doubt on Toyota
US investigators doubt Toyota fully understands what is causing its accelerator problems and are even less sure new floor mats are a soluti...