Audit: NHTSA ODI lacks timeliness in recall investigations, notices

An internal audit by the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has found that the office lags behind in improving vehicle safety recall investigation timeliness and informing the public in a timely manner. “NHTSA’s ODI has [...]

2023-06-06T13:35:04-04:00June 6th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Tennessee man charged with trafficking, selling fake airbags

A Nashville man has been arrested and charged with trafficking and selling counterfeit airbags, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said. Mohammed Al-Abadi, 51, was indicted in the Western District of Tennessee after federal agents [...]

2023-06-06T13:34:33-04:00June 6th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

WorldAutoSteel & Nucor unveil MaaS AV design details, more to come in August

WorldAutoSteel and Nucor have unveiled their plans for launching Steel E-Motive, its new vehicle concept for Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Steel E-Motive will make a big step forward in making autonomous ride-sharing and ride-hailing [...]

2023-06-06T13:34:02-04:00June 6th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

NHTSA pushes harder on ARC inflator rupture investigation, threatens civil penalties & DOJ order

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a special order that required answers from ARC Automotive on why, despite at least two deaths, the company believes a recall on its air bag inflators [...]

2023-06-04T14:59:02-04:00June 4th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Collision Engineering & Crash Champions partner to train tech apprentices

The Collision Engineering Program (CEP) is now partnered with Crash Champions to sponsor eight students from College of Lake County (CLC) in Grayslake, Illinois. Using the apprenticeship model founded by Enterprise Holdings Foundation and Ranken [...]

2023-06-04T14:58:31-04:00June 4th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

NVIDIA teams with MediaTek to advance AI cabin solutions

Chip maker NVIDIA is partnering with MediaTek, a fabless semiconductor company, to create next-generation smart cabins. Under the agreement, NVIDIA’s new GPU chiplet will be integrated into the MediaTek Dimensity Auto platform, designed to provide [...]

2023-06-04T14:57:29-04:00June 4th, 2023|RDN News Feed|

Proposed NHTSA rules would require AEB systems on new vehicles

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to adopt new federal standards that would require more effective automatic emergency braking (AEB) and forward collision warning (FCW) systems on new vehicles. It said when [...]

2023-06-04T14:56:57-04:00June 4th, 2023|RDN News Feed|
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