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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that an eighth fatality in the U.S. has been linked to a defective air bag made by Takata, marking the first reported death since April and the ninth worldwide.The auto safety agency also said it named a former US Justice Department official to oversee the massive recalls of airbags and the Japanese parts firm's compliance with a settlement.NHTSA spokesman Gordon Trowbridge told reporters on a conference call that the death took place in July in a recalled used 2001 Honda Accord coupe near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The unidentifi...
American Honda has announced an expansion of its previous recall of faulty Takata air bags that may be at risk. Another 127,000 bad Takata airbag inflators to its growing recall. This latest round affects 2003 and 2004 CR-V crossovers. This is the first time that the 2004 CR-V has been included in the airbag recall.The Honda Models included in the recall are:-2003-2007 Honda Accord-2001-2005 Honda Civic-2002-2004 Honda CR-V (all 2002 and certain 2003 CR-V previously included)-2003 Honda Element-2002-2003 Honda Odyssey-2003 Honda PilotRepairs will be conducted free of charge, and Honda not...
Google and Ford will create an independent company to build autonomous vehicles.The partnership is set to be announced by Ford at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, where the startup autonomous-electric automaker Faraday Future also plans to display its first concept car.By pairing with Google, Ford gets a massive boost in self-driving software development; while the automaker has been experimenting with its own systems for years, it only revealed plans this month to begin testing on public streets in California. Google has 53 test vehicles on the road in California and Texas, with...
December promises to be the strongest month in auto sales. It is expected to set an annual record with 17.5 million sales in 2015, according to a monthly sales forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive.The car retail sales are projected to reach 1,400,100 units, while total light-vehicle sales are expected to reach 1,712,200, both a 6% increase on a selling-day adjusted basis, compared with December 2014. Both sales volumes are also the highest for any month since July2005, when retail sales hit 1.64 million units and total sales 1.80 million units.“We now have greater ...
General Motors plans to invest $1 billion in three Michigan plants by 2030 as part of a new deal between the automaker and the Michigan Economic Growth Authority tax credit program.GM said it would be putting $356 million in operations in Flint, Saginaw and Grand Rapids, creating more than 50 jobs and helping to retain nearly 500 jobs in the state.The new investments according to GM will be:- $263 million for a future engine program at Flint Engine Operations. The investment retains 410 jobs at the plant.- $50 million for driveline components at Saginaw Metal Casting Operations. The investment...
