By JOAN LOWY
Nineteen automakers accounting for most of the passenger cars and trucks sold in the U.S. have signed onto a set of principles they say will protect motorists’ privacy in an era when computerized cars pass along more information about their drivers than many motorists realize.
Hyundai has announced that the next generation i20 will cost from £10,695 when it goes on sale in the UK in January 2015.
By Kyoko Hasegawa
Japanese auto parts maker Takata on Thursday rejected a high-profile report that claimed it had covered up the results of tests on faulty airbags linked to as many as five driver deaths.
By Kyoko Hasegawa
Honda said Thursday that an exploding airbag in one of its cars killed a woman in Malaysia, bringing to five the number of deaths linked to a defect in parts made by embattled Japanese supplier Takata.
By JONATHAN FAHEY
Those low gas prices on station signs aren’t going away soon, the government says. In a dramatic shift from previous forecasts, the Energy Department predicted Wednesday that the average price of gasoline in the U.S. will be $2.94 a gallon in 2015. That is a 44-cent drop from an outlook issued just a month ago.
