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US lawmakers have warned of car ‘recall fatigue’
- 24 June 2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Policy makers in the US have warned of car 'recall fatigue' in a congressional hearing with regulators and carmakers about progress in a major airbag recall Faulty airbags made by Japan's Takata have been linked to at least eight deaths, multiple injuries and has prompted the largest recall in US history The US [...] -
Ford joins rivals with self-driving car tech
- 24 June 2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Executives at Ford have announced that the car company is joining other major car manufacturers in stepping up efforts to roll out self-driving cars, Reuters reports The US car company will expand advanced safety technology, including automatic braking, across its global vehicle line-up over the next five years, [...] -
Eight deaths now linked to faulty Takata airbags
- 22 June 2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Honda's US division said on Friday (19 June) it has linked the September 2014 death of a woman in Los Angeles, California, to the rupture of a Takata airbag inflator, bringing the number of fatalities related to defective Takata airbags to eight, Reuters reports US highway safety regulators also confirmed that the [...]
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