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Congress proposes giveaways to auto, trucking industries
WASHINGTON - At a time of record auto recalls and rising highway deaths, safety advocates say the Republican-run Congress is snubbing their agenda and taking sides with the auto and trucking industries...
View ArticleJapanese company fined $70 million over exploding air bags
DETROIT - U.S. auto safety regulators fined Japan's Takata Corp. $70 million Tuesday for concealing evidence for years that its air bags are prone to explode with grisly consequences - a defect linked...
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Auto safety ratings to include collision prevention systems
WASHINGTON - The government on Tuesday announced plans to update its safety rating system for new cars and trucks to include whether the vehicle has technology to avoid crashes, in addition to how well...
View ArticleGov't to announce new safety relationship with automakers
DETROIT - Using the aviation industry as a model, automakers have agreed to work on fundamental changes in their relationship with the U.S. government in order to spot safety trends before they become...
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As deaths rise, so do chances of total Takata air bag recall
DETROIT - As the Takata air bag saga drags on, concerns are growing that tens of millions of U.S. drivers with cars that haven't been recalled could be at risk of death or injury from the potentially...
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Critics: Consumers to lose in private talks on auto braking
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators and the auto industry are taking a more lenient approach than safety advocates like when it comes to phasing in automatic braking systems for passenger cars, according...
View ArticleGov't safety head: Total Takata recall won't make cars safer
DETROIT - The nation's top auto safety regulator says an immediate recall of all Takata air bags wouldn't provide significant safety benefits and could exceed the government's legal authority.
View ArticleAP sources: Autonomous braking to be in most cars by 2022
DETROIT - Major automakers and the U.S. government have reached an agreement to make automatic emergency braking standard equipment on most cars by 2022, two people briefed on the deal said.
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Automakers agree to put automatic braking in cars by 2022
WASHINGTON - Automatic braking will be standard in most cars and light trucks within six years and on heavier SUVs and pickup trucks within eight years under an agreement that transportation officials...
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Experts tell US agency to slow down on self-driving cars
WASHINGTON - Engineers, safety advocates and even automakers have a safety message for federal regulators eager to get self-driving cars on the road: slow down.
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Air bag danger: US counts 85M unrecalled Takata inflators
DETROIT - About 85 million Takata air bag inflators that haven't been recalled are inside cars and trucks now being driven in the U.S. and would have to be replaced if the company can't prove they are...
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Air bag recall doubles in size, taxes overloaded industry
WASHINGTON - Prodded by the U.S. government, Takata agreed Wednesday to add up to 40 million air bag inflators to an already massive recall, raising questions about the auto industry's ability to...
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