Only four of 23 vehicles examined aced the first nighttime test of pedestrian automatic emergency braking (PAEB) systems conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) while more than half earned a basic score [...]
Tesla has filed suit against the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission, Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association, and individual dealers for barring direct sales of its electric vehicles in the state. The complaint states Tesla filed the suit [...]
State Farm has a new claims process involving property appraisals, according to a report from Merlin Law Group. “The problem for many policyholders is that it is often resulting in payment for amounts less than [...]
The Texas House Insurance Committee will hold a public hearing Sept. 6 to “review consumer rights and appraisal in automotive and homeowner policies,” and the state’s Department of Insurance is now aware of changes Auto [...]
Honda and LG Energy Solution (LGES) announced Monday that they will invest up to $4.4 billion in a new factory to produce lithium ion batteries to power Honda and Acura electric vehicles (EVs) sold in [...]
Electric vehicle (EV) legislation is once again on the move but not without tension over California emissions rules. California typically leads the way on green policies — greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions being no exception. In [...]
Cepton has developed technology to incorporate a compact, short-range lidar unit into an automobile headlamp with the intent to eliminate blind spots around a vehicle. The lidar integration solution was developed with ZKW Group, which [...]
Shipping industry analysists and executives say there might be a “light at the end of the tunnel” for supply chain disruptions, specifically in ocean shipping and trucking drayage. HCS International President and CEO Steve Hughes [...]
USAA has become one of the first auto insurers to implement automatic crash detection technology as part of its telematics app, “an innovation that simplifies and expedites the claims process,” the carrier has announced. Crash [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s early estimates of traffic fatalities for the first quarter of 2022 show that 9,560 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, which is the highest number of first-quarter [...]
