by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 18, 2019
The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Co. has curtailed delivery of service parts used to repair cars and trucks at GM dealerships across the country, the company acknowledged. GM’s network of parts distribution centers and warehouses wasn’t really...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 17, 2019
Gliding through downtown Detroit, the Jaguar I-Pace is so quiet that it can take pedestrians by surprise, especially those with a visual impairment. And with pedestrian deaths already on the rise in recent years, that’s the sort of situation that worries officials...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 13, 2019
Federal safety regulators are probing the automatic emergency braking system on the Nissan Rogue after receiving a litany of complaints from owners who say the driver assistance system can slam the brakes on their vehicles even if there’s no potential obstacle in the...
by Michael Strong | Sep 11, 2019
General Motors is recalling more than 3.4 million full-size pickups and sport-utility vehicles due to a problem that makes it hard to brake and has led to 113 crashes and 13 injuries. The recall is to resolve problems with vacuum pumps on 2014-2018 model year...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 10, 2019
Volkswagen has a new look. The automaker’s familiar logo is getting a makeover designed to help it enter “a new era,” according to a senior executive who helped preview the makeover at the Frankfurt Motor Show on Tuesday. The outgoing logo, with its “V” and “W”...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 9, 2019
At first glance, it might seem like another Mercedes-Benz midsize sport-utility vehicle, a version of the familiar GLE, but a closer look offers a number of clues that it’s something much more. The various sensors, including arrays on the roof, reveal the SUV to be...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 9, 2019
Rescue and salvage crews were expected to continue searching for four missing crewmen and to stabilize a massive ocean-going freighter, carrying more than 4,000 vehicles that capsized and is burning off the coast of Georgia in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. The ship,...
by Michael Strong | Sep 5, 2019
The National Transportation Safety Board’s finding Wednesday that the design of Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot “permitted the driver to disengage” from driving the vehicle enflamed critics of the technology, who renewed their call for its ban. “NTSB has done its job by...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 4, 2019
As the United Auto Workers target in its drive for a new contract, General Motors Co. faces a difficult challenge in finding a way to satisfy the UAW’s demands for economic gains and new protections of existing jobs in the automakers U.S. factories. “We look forward...
by Michael Strong | Sep 3, 2019
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that a Tesla Model S that hit the back of a fire truck was in Autopilot mode and the driver was not holding the steering wheel when it hit the parked vehicle. The collision is one of several the NTSB is investigating...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 30, 2019
Ford Motor Co. announced a series of four separate recalls that could give some motorists pause as they head into the Labor Day weekend, one of the biggest holidays of the year for travel. The recalls cover a wide range of sedans, hatchbacks, SUVs and pickups — a...
