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U.S. to Extend Airbag Probe Rather Than Require Vehicle Recall
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday it will not seek an immediate recall of airbag inflators in about 50 million U.S. vehicles assembled by 13 automakers and instead ...
Odometer Fraud May Exist in More Than 2M Cars on U.S. Roads
Odometer fraud remains rampant, recent CARFAX data shows. More than 2.14 million cars on the road may have had their odometer rolled back this year, up more than 18 percent since 2021, and up more ...
EPA Approves California Plan to Ban Gas-Only Cars Starting in 2035
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it has approved California's landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035. The decision in the final weeks of President ...
December 22 Predicted as Worst Day for Holiday Travel This Year
This holiday season, transportation data insights provider INRIX expects drivers will experience the worst traffic delays the weekends before Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The holidays themselves ...
Rear Seat Belt Reminders Required in All Vehicles in the U.S. by 2027
The U.S. Transportation Department said Monday it will require rear seat reminder systems to boost seat belt use starting in late 2027 in all new cars and trucks in an bid to reduce traffic crash ...
Wisconsin Kayaker Who Faked Death, Fled Country Charged After Returning to U.S.
A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning and left his wife and three children for Eastern Europe willingly returned to the U.S. after four months and was charged last week with obstructing an ...
Insurers’ Climate Losses Almost Match Premiums From Fossil Fuels
Top insurance companies suffered $10.6 billion of climate-attributed losses this year, just shy of the $11.3 billion of direct premiums they underwrote for commercial fossil-fuel clients in 2023, ...
Malibu Avoids Widespread Ruin as Firefighters Gain Ground
Improving weather conditions and a massive counterattack by firefighters appear to be turning the tide in the Malibu wildfire, sparing the wealthy California enclave from large-scale property losses. ...