NHTSA Wants Automatic Emergency Braking To Become Mandatory on Nearly All Vehicles
31 May 2023, 23:06 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Automakers must pay attention because there might soon be a drastic change regarding mandatory equipment on new cars and trucks
Michigan International Speedway to Serve as Test Site for Anti-crash Vehicle Technology
8 Jul 2011, 13:06 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Michigan International Speedway was selected by the federal government as one of the six sites where citizen drivers will evaluate technologies that enable vehicles to avoid collisions.The MIS &ldqu...
General Motors Accused for Thousands of Faulty Impalas
7 Jul 2011, 13:52 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / General Motors Co. has been thrown in a lawsuit that claims the company treated the police better than it did the average citizens when taking care of a defective parts in 2007 and 2008 Chevrolet Im...
Scion tC Gets Five-Star NHTSA Rating
13 Apr 2011, 07:17 UTC · By: Cosmin Voicu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded a five-star safety rating for the 2011 Scion tC. With the help of its 8 airbags, the car was capable of passing the government&rsqu...
NHTSA Wants to Make Backup Cameras Mandatory
3 Dec 2010, 16:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing new rules and regulations to mandate back-up cameras in all passenger cars, trucks, minivans and buses with a gross vehicle weight rat...
Pregnant Dummies Improve Safety
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Considering women make up almost 52% of the world's total population, you'd think that automobile manufacturers would pay more attention to such a large portion of their potential cu...
NHTSA Debuts New 5 Star Rating Crash Test
29 Jul 2010, 13:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today it is ready to begin crash testing of new models under the new, stricter conditions imposed by the revised 5 star rating sy...
Toyota Highlander Fatal Crash Investigated by the NHTSA
28 Apr 2010, 09:01 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / There's no such thing as bad publicity, right? Well, Toyota might not approve of that, considering the wave of bad news the Japanese company had to endure in the past few months. And now, once ...
GM Recalls First Gen CTS in Cold Weather States Due to Potential Brake Issue
26 Mar 2010, 16:41 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors announced that it will recall “a certain number” of Cadillac CTS sedans due to a brake issue that can lead to seriously increased braking distances. The problem affect...
Hyundai Sonata Sales Halted and 1,300 Cars Recalled
24 Feb 2010, 08:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2011 Hyundai Sonata has already made many people consider it as an option even before reaching showroom floors. Unfortunately, it seems that it has tripped a bit while making its first steps: Hy...