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Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata Corp. is expected to additionally recall around 40 million additional inflators in U.S. vehicles. The expanded recall will be phased in over several years and more than double what is already the largest and most complex auto safety recall in U.S. history. After the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed findings from three outside investigations concerning the defective airbag inflators, Takata had to work on a plan for the expanded callback. The inflators contain propellant that can deploy with too much f...
This April is a good month for car sales, more than 1.5 million vehicles were sold, which is for 3.6% more than in 2015. Michelle Krebs a senior analyst said that any notions from March's disappointing car sales must get some rest and they must focus on some April records. Autodata Corp. put the industry on track to sell 17.4 million vehicles in 2016. Now that April is over, we can possibly say that it could be the best April ever for auto traders and auto makers. SUV's sales increased 7.9% comparing to last year, and pickup sales grew for 7%. Ford Explorer sales led t...
People like pointing out how dirty the electricity grid mix is after charging electric vehicles. Many love talking about plug-in cars that as they say contribute to pollution. This map from Carnegie Mellon University helps on finding out the cleanest cars based on their location. Researchers have compiled information about the gas emissions of different EVs considering their charge, they compared gasoline-powered vehicles to electric ones. In the research were tested Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt, Prius Plug-In Hybrid versus Toyota Prius hybrid and Mazda 3. By driving a Nissan Leaf in ...
March, April and May are the months with the highest selling-volume, this year it seems like dealerships have a good benefit from an early Easter.“It’s reassuring when retail sales grow faster than the overall industry pace as it indicates consumers remain very active and engaged in the new-vehicle market.” says Eric Lyman, TrueCar’s vice president of industry insights, in a statement. TrueCar is expecting increases of 4% for retail sales and 1% for fleet ones. LMC projects retail to rise above 3,9% and 4,7% for fleet sales. April has five weekends this year,...
Just as if the problems with the production haults at the Japanese plants were not enough, Toyota Motor Corp. notes a global sales decline in the first quarter of this year. Toyota's sales results fell behind Volkswagen AG's, and this disrupted the Japanese automaker's four-year reign atop vehicle industry sales charts. In the January-to-March period Toyota's worldwide deliveries dropped 2.3% to 2.46 million vehicles. In the same time Volkswagen deliveries rose 0.8% to 2.5 million. In the context of Japan's recent most devastating e...
