By TOM KRISHER
U.S. safety regulators threatened fines and legal action against Takata Corp. Wednesday unless the company admits that its driver’s air bag inflators are defective and agrees to a nationwide recall.
Honda recalled cars with Takata air bags in 2002: documents
By Paul Lienert
Honda recalled a small number of cars equipped with Takata Corp air bags in March 2002, two years before the first known injury that Honda and Takata have linked to a defective air bag inflator, Reuters has learned.
In its March 2002 recall notice, retrieved by Reuters during a search of U.S. safety databases, Honda told U.S. safety regulators that inflators in passenger air bags could rupture because of improper welds.
Rickshaw research reveals extreme Delhi pollution
By KATY DAIGLE
The three-wheeled rickshaw lurched through New Delhi’s commuter-clogged streets with an American scientist and several air pollution monitors in the back seat. Car horns blared. A scrappy scooter buzzed by belching black smoke from its tailpipe. One of the monitors spiked.
Audi building geothermal plant for factory in Gyor, Hungary
Audi is building a geothermal plant in Pér, close to the Audi Hungaria factory in Gyor. After going into operation in just over a year, it will supply the company with at least 82,000 megawatt hours of geothermal energy per year and will cover about 60% of total heat requirements.
Volvo AB Makes €400 Million Provision for EU Antitrust Probe
By Dorothee Tschampa
Volvo AB, the world’s second-largest truckmaker, made a provision of €400 million ($497 million) after evaluating a European Commission statement on alleged antitrust breaches.
