Buy an EV, Get the Federal Rebate on the Spot
21 May 2011, 07:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There's a giant tidal motion rocking the automotive industry these days, as the world is getting ready to make room for a flood of electric of hybrid vehicles. The manufacturers are ready, the ...
Distracted Driving Overrated, Say Young Drivers
9 Mar 2011, 18:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new proof that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's epidemic speech on distracted driving is not pure rhetoric comes this week via Consumer Reports, who conducted a poll on the subject on yo...
Faces of Distracted Driving: Miss South Dakota
8 Mar 2011, 12:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ever since the start of the anti-distracted driving campaign sometime last year, we've seen all types of manifestations of the push to rid the nation of what Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood...
BMW Rallies with DoT on Distracted Driving
10 Dec 2010, 14:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Perhaps the most debated issue in the automotive world this year, distracted driving and its effects on the drivers have slowly gained the attention of the car makers selling their products in the U...
NHTSA 2009 Distracted Driving Report Released
21 Sep 2010, 09:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After last week the US Department of Transportation (DoT), together with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the 2009 Motor Vehicles Crashes report, a new, yet simila...
Toyota Pays $16.4 Million Fine
19 May 2010, 08:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On Tuesday, Japanese carmaker Toyota came through on its commitment to pay the $16.4 million fine (the largest in history given to a carmaker) dictated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis...
LaHood Warns Toyota on Safety During Visit
10 May 2010, 14:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the problems Japanese manufacturer Toyota had to face in the recent months seem to fade away, the US appears to be determined not to let the carmaker forget both its commitments in terms of safet...
Toyota Agrees to Pay Record Fine, Denies Wrongdoing
20 Apr 2010, 08:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With basically no choice left but to accept the $16.4 million fine (the largest in history given to a carmaker), Japanese carmaker Toyota said it will pay the penalty for failing to recall 2.3 mill...
The Toyota Fine Dilemma...
7 Apr 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As you know by now, US regulators, commanded by US Secretary of Transportation ray LaHood and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have called for a $16.4 million fine to be ha...
Toyota to Be Fined a Record $16.4 Million
6 Apr 2010, 07:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After a longer period of time than expected, it would seem US regulators decided to penalize Japanese manufacturer Toyota for its role in the massive recall which started last year and, according to...
LaHood-Toyota Skirmish Ends, Harm Already Done
4 Feb 2010, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the reasons behind the huge Toyota recall still engulfed in some sort of a milky mist, all the Japanese carmaker really needed was an US government official throwing more stones. And along came...
NADA Commends DOT for CARS Payments
17 Sep 2009, 09:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) decided to give Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood a pat on his back for the work he put into accelerating the payment process for the dealers who...
CARS Crashes on Monday
21 Aug 2009, 08:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) is approaching its surprisingly fast demise, as the Obama administration will put an end to it on Monday, August 24 at 8 PM EDT. The program burned through all...
US Assures Dealers They'll Get Their Money
20 Aug 2009, 08:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a response to the growing discontent to the way in which the reimbursement process for the Car Allowance Rebate System moves, US President Barack Obama's administration stepped in and tried ...
Saved: CARS Lives On
7 Aug 2009, 06:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After a very uneasy week, the US Senate approved the $2 billion extension for the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), until now in danger of being discontinued due to the lack of funds. The new fund...
Dealers CARS Payments Begin
5 Aug 2009, 13:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced last night that dealers participating in the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) will begin getting reimbursed for the cash for clunkers incentive ...