All the headlines from our Auto Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 6 2018 // Scooter-sharing company Lime recently relayed a troubling message to its users: a portion of its fleet was at risk of bursting into flames.The startup recalled about 2,000 vehicles, less than one percent of its scooters,...
Dec 5 2018 // The California Highway Patrol says it may have used the Autopilot system of a Tesla to stop the car after its driver fell asleep.The CHP says officers attempted to stop the Tesla Model S, which was doing about 70 mph on a...
Dec 5 2018 // Alphabet’s Waymo on Wednesday launched a significant development in its costly, decade-long quest for autonomous transportation: self-driving taxis that actually generate fares.With little fanfare, the company has...
Dec 4 2018 // Key U.S. senators are making a last-ditch effort to win approval of a bill to speed the use of self-driving cars without human controls, but face an uphill battle on Capitol Hill.Staff for Republican Senator John Thune and...
Dec 3 2018 // Investigators say one adult has been critically injured and several students were slightly hurt when a school bus was hit head-on by a car in North Texas.The Department of Public Safety says the Bridgeport Independent...
Dec 3 2018 // Allianz Malaysia Bhd. and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. have been shortlisted to proceed to the next round of bidding for AmGeneral Insurance Bhd., in a deal that could value Malaysia’s second-biggest car insurer at...
Dec 3 2018 // As more and more consumers click for services and borrow rather than buy, the sharing economy is benefitting.According to Harvard Business Review, the sharing or on-demand economy is attracting more than 22.4 million...
Dec 3 2018 // The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) engages in a wide variety of work to reduce deaths, injuries and property damage from crashes, but most consumers know the IIHS for its safety ratings of new vehicles. The...
Dec 3 2018 // Though it’s estimated that by 2025, auto insurance premiums will drop by $25 billion as a result of the adoption of driverless cars, the insurance market is expected to recover through new lines of coverage,...
Dec 3 2018 // A New Jersey woman has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining insurance identification cards as part of a scheme to steal luxury used vehicles from dealerships in New Jersey and New York.Paige Hunt, of Bloomfield, N.J.,...
Nov 28 2018 // The upcoming trial over the Kansas derailment of an Amtrak passenger train has been cancelled after Cimarron Crossing Feeders admitted its runaway feed truck damaged the railroad track. Trial had been scheduled to start...
Nov 28 2018 // A 70-year-old driver trying to parallel park on a New York City street Monday lost control of his minivan and struck several pedestrians standing next to a fruit stand, killing one person and injuring six others, police...
Nov 26 2018 // Wells Fargo & Co. is fighting to shut some customers out of a sweeping plan to compensate around 600,000 drivers it pushed into car insurance they did not need, according to court documents and a source familiar with...
Nov 21 2018 // Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc., a leading subprime auto lender, will pay $11.8 million to settle claims that it misled customers about the cost and terms of auto loans and insurance, a U.S. consumer watchdog said on...
Nov 20 2018 // Though it’s estimated that by 2025 auto insurance premiums will drop by $25 billion as a result of the adoption of driverless cars, the insurance market is expected to recover through new lines of coverage, according...
Nov 19 2018 // AutoNation Inc., the country’s largest automotive retailer, has announced a partnership with Fair, a digital subscription service, that will allow consumers to lease used vehicles on a month-to-month basis rather...
Nov 19 2018 // Market Detail: McNeil & Co.’s FireWatch Program (www.mcneilandcompany.com) is a comprehensive insurance and risk management program. The program offers specialty insurance products to the complete fire protection...
Nov 19 2018 // Criminal charges have been announced against 60 Pennsylvanians following investigations by the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section. As a result, 23 people were charged in Eastern Pennsylvania, 10 in Central...
Nov 16 2018 // A Michigan man who pled guilty to participating in a multi-state staged auto accident/insurance fraud scheme has been sentenced to prison, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.Marvin David Ramirez, 45, of...
Nov 16 2018 // The owner, doctor and attorney involved with a medical clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y., have been charged for their alleged participation in a $1 million auto insurance fraud scheme.New York State Attorney General Barbara D....