U.S. safety regulators have added about 320,000 older model Honda Odyssey minivans to a widening probe of faulty air bags that affects at least three automakers and more than 2 million vehicles.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
New Jersey explores Right to Repair law
Aaron Lowe, vice president, government affairs at the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA), testified last Thursday in New Jersey at a hearing on Right to Repair legislation that is under consideration in the state assembly. The bill introduced by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, D-N.J., would require that car companies make available to independent repair shops the same information and tools that they make available to their franchised dealers.
BMW has 100,000 waiting to test i3, sales boss says
BMW has about 100,000 reservations from around the world from people who want to test its first electric vehicle, sales boss Ian Robertson said, adding that the automaker has “significant numbers of deposits” for the car.
Sunday Morning Headline News wk of 10 June
Marchionne says Fiat could look for new China partner for Jeep
Fiat could look for a new China partner to help it manufacture Chrysler’s Jeep brand in the world’s largest car market in 2014, said Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne.
Fiat CEO says company ‘has everything we need’ to relaunch Alfa Romeo
U.S. study sounds alarm on voice-to-text features in cars
The voice-to-text features that car companies are offering to keep drivers’ eyes on the road may also be highly distracting, the U.S. consumer group AAA warned as it released the results of a two-year research project.
