New GM lawsuit may exceed 10 billion
A new GM lawsuit, which could exceed $10 billion, says millions of customers who bought cars and trucks lost a great deal of money...
Toyota passenger airbag defect, 650,000 more cars recalled
Toyota has recalled 650,000 more cars because of a passenger airbag defect. The world’s largest carmaker has so far recalled 2.79 million automobiles because...
UK soaring car sales, May 2014
UK soaring car sales registered their 27th successive month of growth in May, breaking the last 26-month stretch of growth set in the late...
US May auto sales hit 9-year high
US May auto sales hit a nine-year high, driven by strong demand for pickups and SUV’s. Toyota, Nissan and Chrysler reported double digit increases...
Electric school buses make economic sense
Millions of dollars could be saved by school districts in the US if they utilized electric school buses, plus children’s exposure to diesel fumes...
Ford recalls 1.4 million cars
Ford recalls 1.4 million cars in North America because of power steering loss and corrosion problems. Other car companies have also recalled millions of...
Google self-driving car project announced
Google has announced it is to build self-driving cars. The Google Self-Driving Car Project team will build about 100 prototypes and will start testing them...
WTO luxury car ruling goes US way
A WTO luxury car ruling regarding a complaint the US had made against China found “no basis” for duties imposed by Beijing between 2011...
General Motors fine for recall delays
A $35 million General Motors fine for delays in recalling small vehicles with defective ignition switches has been announced by the National Highway Traffic...
European car sales up 4.6 percent in April
European car sales increased by 4.6% in April 2014 compared to April 2013, its eighth successive month of growth, but down on March’s 10.6...