All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 28 2024 // New vehicle registrations in California seem to be leveling off, while consumer tastes for Telsas cooled slightly.California’s new light vehicle registrations fell by 1.7% from a year earlier, totaling 1,320,708...
Oct 24 2024 // Lloyd’s, the world’s leading marketplace for insurance and reinsurance, has launched disaster resilience vehicle with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to deliver disaster risk financing to...
Oct 21 2024 // A subway train that derailed near Boston earlier this month had entered a 10-mph zone traveling at 36 mph, according to an initial report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Wednesday.The Green Line...
Oct 8 2024 // The Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court erred in finding that a garbage truck driver and the city of Chesapeake were shielded by sovereign immunity for their role in an accident caused by the truck...
Oct 8 2024 // GOSHEN, Ohio (AP) — An early morning crash involving two cars on an Ohio road killed five people and critically injured another person, authorities said.The Ohio State Highway Patrol said a car heading northeast on Route...
Oct 7 2024 // Amid inflation and labor shortages, the growing impact of electric vehicles (EVs) and rising repair costs, insurers and repairers will have a bumpy road to navigate in the year ahead, according to CCC Intelligent Solutions...
Oct 3 2024 // The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said owners of 154,000 Jeep plug-in hybrid electric SUVs should park outside and away from buildings or other vehicles until they get recall repairs...
Sep 30 2024 // California, the birthplace of hot rod culture and televised police chases, is cracking down on a surge in deadly street takeovers.Often organized through social media, these chaotic events — also known as sideshows —...
Sep 27 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An inmate who was beaten by an Arkansas police officer in the back of a patrol car filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the former officer and his police chief, accusing them of violating his...
Sep 27 2024 // Self-driving cars could make personal auto insurance largely obsolete within 20 years, according to a worst-case scenario modeled by Morningstar. A more likely, moderate scenario forecasts the line could remain necessary...
Sep 26 2024 // Safeco Insurance, a Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance company, said it has entered into a book transfer agreement with Columbia Insurance Group, a Central and Midwest regional carrier.Under the agreement, mutual...
Sep 26 2024 // In the long war between auto insurers and windshield repair shops, the Florida Supreme Court this week sided with glass companies, leaving GEICO with little choice but to ask lawmakers to change the law if it feels repair...
Sep 25 2024 // A Maine man damaged 75 vehicles at an automobile dealership, smashing windows and denting hoods of vehicles before he was arrested, police said. The 25-year-old man from Auburn was charged with aggravated criminal mischief...
Sep 25 2024 // At the 2016 dedication of the first state-sponsored electric vehicle charging station in Beatty, former Gov. Brian Sandoval demonstrated how easy it was to charge an electric Ford Focus.“This is the first electric...
Sep 20 2024 // Deer Park, Texas, police confirmed that human remains were recovered from a vehicle that crashed into a natural gas liquids pipeline Monday, triggering a fire that continues to burn. “Medical examiners will now begin...
Sep 19 2024 // A federal whistleblower investigation has found a Virginia subsidiary of one of the world’s largest building materials manufacturers fired a truck driver in September 2023 illegally after the employee raised safety...
Sep 19 2024 // A comment and promise made by former President Donald Trump on Tuesday received a lot of not-so-positive attention from the insurance industry.“Your Automobile Insurance is up 73% — VOTE FOR TRUMP, I’LL CUT...
Sep 17 2024 // DALLAS (AP) — A vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic on a Dallas interstate and collided with two other vehicles in a crash that left four people dead, police said.The multi-vehicle accident happened about 1 p.m....
Sep 12 2024 // Sentry Insurance said it is buying nonstandard auto insurer The General from American Family Insurance for about $1.7 billion to mark the largest acquisition in the company’s 120-year history.Sentry will pay $1.1...
Sep 10 2024 // A U.S. regulator said on Monday it is proposing a requirement that some future vehicles be redesigned to reduce the risks of serious or fatal injuries in crashes involving pedestrians amid a rise in such deaths.The...