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“exceeds reason and will increase costs to the American consumer with absolutely no environmental or fuel savings benefits.”

While it will take some time until fully autonomous cars become widely available, some of the technology will soon find its way in most cars within the next few years...

One of the biggest obstacles to getting self-driving cars road legal in America may have just evaporated. In a decision that could change the way we think about car travel, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration...

One of the biggest obstacles to getting self-driving cars road legal in America may have just evaporated. In a decision that could change the way we think about car travel, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration...

Tesla has announced that it is adding a new underbody shield and aluminum deflector plate to the Model S following two collisions that led to car fires last year...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on Tuesday that the agency is opening an investigation into two recent Tesla Model S Sedan battery fires that occurred in Washington and Tennessee when the cars...

The Tesla Model S may be one of the safest cars on the road, but its California assembly plant is another story. Three workers at the factory were burned on Wednesday when a low-pressure casting press spilled liquid aluminum....

After a series of crash tests the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just awarded the Tesla Model S with the highest safety score of any car ever tested! The electric vehicle fared exceptionally well in a range...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded the Tesla Model S electric car a 5-star safety rating. While NHTSA does not publish a star rating above 5 stars, safety levels better than 5 stars are captured...

Former General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz recently took to his Forbes blog to defend the Chevy Volt, which has been under fire since GM announced plans to stop production for five weeks due to rising inventory...

Following an announcement by General Motors that production of the Chevy Volt would be stopped for five weeks, the media and opponents of the Volt have been buzzing about the supposed “failure” of the plug-in...

As noted here last week, the sparks flew at a Jan. 25 House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing titled “The Volt Fire: What Did NHTSA Know and When Did They Know It?“ Three witnesses testified:...

Here’s an interesting BBC story about the safety hazards associated with the Chevy Volt — specifically, the risk that its battery pack could catch fire after even a minor impact...

President Obama recently called on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ensure that EVs weren’t silently bowling over people who couldn’t see, or hear, them coming, by mandating that EVs emit...

Recently on this site and at MasterResource.Org, I discussed the Obama Administration’s proposed rule to establish first-ever greenhouse gas (GHG) and fuel-economy standards for heavy duty (HD) vehicles. The rule, jointly...