By Christine DiGangi
A California man ended up in a messy, financial nightmare when a stranger ran a red light. He didn’t know the man, and he wasn’t nearby when it happened — the only thing that got Lawrence Armstrong into this mess was his name. Apparently, the man who ran the red light had a name similar to Armstrong’s, and the traffic citation mistakenly ended up on his driving record, FoxNews.com reports.
By Trinna Leong
The death of a heavily pregnant Malaysian woman in a car crash on Borneo island in July opens a new front in a widening U.S. investigation into defective air bags that has triggered one of the biggest safety recalls in automotive history.
Toshiba Corporation will expand its line-up of image-recognition processors for automotive applications with the launch of the TMPV760 series. Sample shipments of the first device, TMPV7608XBG, will start in January 2015, with mass production scheduled for December 2016 onwards.
Daimler will launch cross-marketing activities between its Mercedes-AMG performance division and motorcycle maker MV Agusta, CEO Dieter Zetsche said.
The marketing tie-up between Mercedes-AMG and MV Agusta will replace a similar relationship Daimler had with Ducati, an Italian motorcycle company acquired by Volkswagen Group’s Audi division.
Tata Motors’ second-quarter profit fell 7 percent as sales at its luxury Jaguar Land Rover unit slowed.
Net income fell to 32.9 billion rupees ($533 million) in the quarter ended September, the Indian company reported.
