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Distracted driving is dangerous. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Obama White House emphasized that point in a proposed new transportation bill that would not only place restrictions on built-in automobile navigation aids, but also apply to apps on...

U.S. stocks finished the week on a positive note despite a sell-off in the afternoon. One possible reason for the sell-off is that investors are adjusting their portfolios for the end of the quarter on Monday. Major indices rallied off the opening bell with the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

When it rains for General Motors (NYSE: GM), it pours. A review of federal crash data from an automotive watchdog group found that 303 deaths of drivers and front-seat passengers were caused by airbags that did not deploy in recalled GM vehicles. The automaker recalled 1.6 million vehicles last...

Seeing the words “Congressional investigation” paired with the name of your company is never a good thing. Such was the case for General Motors (NYSE: GM) late Monday, when the company found itself the target of a government committee poised to investigate GM admissions it knew in 2004 about a...

General Motors (NYSE: GM) and the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration are under scrutiny for taking years to address an ignition switch problem that is tied to 13 deaths. Last month, the Detroit automaker recalled 1.6 million vehicles. NHTSA has launched an investigation into how...

General Motors (NYSE: GM) CEO Mary Barra is leading an internal review of whether the company delayed a recall of 1.6 million vehicles. In a letter to employees Tuesday, Barra said she would take an “unvarnished” look at how the process was handled. She said she is leading a group of senior...

Major indices moderately gained on Tuesday's shortened trading session which came in higher than expected. The strong durable goods data is yet another economic data set that confirms the economy is improving. The Fed's decision to begin tapering its $85 billion monthly bond-buying program was...

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA), has full confidence that its Model S electric car will be cleared by a federal investigation that began last week as a result of two battery fires. “In both cases it was a large piece of metal essentially braced against the tarmac,” Musk explained...

While maintaining it has nothing to do with safety, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said in a blog post Monday the company had rolled out an over-the-air update to the company’s Model S sedan that would result in greater ground clearance at highway speeds. According to Musk, the move would...

Various news media outlets reported on Tuesday that The National Highway Traffic Administration has opened an official investigation into Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) Model S electric cars. On October 1, a video was uploaded on Youtube titled “Tesla car on fire”, which clearly showed a Model S engulfed...

General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Isuzu announced that they are joining the likes of Ford (NYSE: F) and Toyota (NYSE: TM) by recalling about 258,000 SUVs on Saturday. According to the Associated Press, short circuits in power-window and door-lock switches have caused at least 28 vehicle fires. While...

An article on The Wall Street Journal has cited people familiar with the matter as saying that analysis done by the US Department of Transportation on data recorders from Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) vehicles has indicated that throttles of some of the vehicles were wide open and brakes were not...