Last week we reported on Daihatsu halting sales and shipments of all of its cars amid a probe into the Toyota subsidiary rigging safety tests of 64 different models, and now the situation has gotten even worse. On Wednesday, CNN reported that Daihatsu has now stopped production at all four of its Japanese factories, with … Read more
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Autonomous cars have been hitting public roads in a handful of cities around the United States, but the driverless phenomenon has raised one particularly perplexing question: How do we keep those driverless cars in check when they break traffic laws? NBC really delved into the matter this week. What’s The … Read more
Photo: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Cummins, an Indiana-based company that manufactures and sells engines, has been hit with a $1.675 billion penalty for intentionally selling defeat devices that could bypass emissions sensors, a direct violation of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Department of Justice writes. It’s set to be the biggest ever penalty for … Read more
A Tesla Model Y engulfed in flames closed an interstate highway and required the assistance of myriad Alabama emergency services on Christmas night. To extinguish the fire, Pine Level Firefighters reported using 36,000 gallons of water over the course of an hour, further highlighting the ways local services may struggle to deal with car crashes … Read more
A truck driver in Indiana is lucky to be alive this week after he spent six days in his wrecked truck beneath a freeway bridge. Guess the ‘Fast and Furious’ Movie Plots By Their Covers: Part 2 Matthew R. Reum spent almost a week trapped beneath a bridge on I-94 crossing over Salt Creek near the … Read more
Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) Tesla is recalling 120,000 U.S.-based Model S and X vehicles from 2021 to 2023. This has nothing to do with last week’s massive two-million vehicle recall over Autopilot. This time, it’s that the doors of the cars in question could pop open in crashes if the locks aren’t activated, NHTSA … Read more
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Despite the many advances in modern automotive technology, the forward collision mitigation systems on cars, SUVs and pickup trucks still struggle to detect vehicles that aren’t also cars, the IIHS reports based on new data. Automatic emergency braking and front collision warning systems have a hard time identifying semi trucks … Read more
Image: Ineos The 2024 Ineos Grenadier may not even fully be on the lots of the brand’s 21 North American dealers and there’s already a problem. A recall has been issued for the Grenadier over its cool looking auxiliary switches as they can cause a fire. The safety recall report issued by the NHTSA, details … Read more
Photo: kickers (Getty Images) A flight carrying British cruise-goers from Barbados to Manchester was forced to divert to Bermuda after an incident of extreme turbulence two days before Christmas. There were 225 passengers onboard the Airbus A330-200 operated by Maleth Aero, a Maltese charter airline. When the aircraft landed, 11 people were transported to a … Read more
white bicycle, or ghost bike, with a sign saying rest in peace locked to a pole on a New York City street is a memorial at the site where a cyclist was killed by a crash motor vehicle. Image: Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group (Getty Images) Biking ain’t easy; in fact it can be straight up … Read more
