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Uber can not test self-driving cars on Arizona’s public roads anymore. The governor of the state has announced this decision after the fatal crash that killed a 49-year-old pedestrian. The decision to block Uber Technologies Inc.'s is a blow to the ride-hailing company, which sees its future success reliant on driverless vehicles, and trails competitors such as Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo in developing the technology. Arizona had been a key hub for Uber, with about half of the company's 200 self-driving vehicles and a staff of hundreds. In a letter sent to Uber CEO Dara Khosro...
Hyundai recalls 43,941 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe and Santa Fe sports crossovers. Other 8,456 vehicles in Canada were also recalled for the possible defect. There were no injuries or accidents associated with the defect or incidents where the defect was discovered while a vehicle was in motion. The recall includes vehicles that were manufactured between July and October 2017 at Hyundai's Alabama-based manufacturing plant. The automaker reports in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents that these SUVs could have been manufactured with "defective steering wheel&q...
The auto industry is warning that US sales declines, which have been consistent over the past year, may continue thanks to tariffs US President Donald Trump plans to slap on steel and aluminum imports. Toyota Motor, which plans to build a new $1.6 billion factory in Alabama with Mazda Motor, said the administration's decision will "adversely impact" car companies by raising costs and prices of cars and trucks sold in the US. That's even as more than 90 percent of the steel that Asia's biggest carmaker uses in the US is from that country. Trade groups represent...
You might not know that, but in Japan the relationship between the car dealer and the buyer is a much better one than here, in the U.S.. The last time Shujiro Urata wanted to buy a new car in Japan, his phone happened to ring. It was the local Toyota dealer on the phone, asking him if he was thinking about buying a new car. When he replied in the affirmative, the dealer and a coworker showed up at Urata’s doorstep an hour later with two demo cars, which Urata and his wife test-drove around the neighborhood. The Uratas decided to buy a car from the dealer. The dealer also handles their ca...
There are some serious issues on the 2017-18 Infiniti QX30 crossovers. Because of poor grounding of steering components could cause the driver-side airbag to deploy, potentially injuring the driver and resulting in a crash. This is why Nissan North America decided to recall all of them. The company notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week after receiving information about the potential problem in September from supplier Daimler AG. Nissan said 17,507 vehicles are affected. Vehicle owners will begin to receive notifications about the problem and how to ge...
