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Trump rescinding rule incentivizing EV production to meet fuel economy requirements
The Trump administration said it is rescinding a rule that incentivized automakers to produce electric vehicles to meet fuel economy requirements.
Feds investigating Tesla Autopilot system after crashes with emergency vehicles
The U.S. government has opened an investigation into Tesla's partially automated driving system after a series of collisions with parked emergency vehicles.
Md., 22 other states sue Trump to keep Calif.’s auto emission rules
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh joined a coalition of attorneys general that sued Friday to stop the Trump administration from revoking California’s authority to set greenhouse gas emission and […]
US ends brake rust probe, tells Marylanders: wash vehicles
Safety regulators have closed a five-year investigation into rusting brake lines, telling people who live where salt is used to wash the underside of vehicles.
GM to release attorney’s recall report on Thursday
General Motors plans to release the results of an outside attorney's investigation into its mishandled recall of small cars on Thursday morning.
GM adds another 2.4M cars, trucks to recall
General Motors said Tuesday it's recalling 2.4 million vehicles in the U.S. as part of a broader effort to resolve outstanding safety issues more quickly.
New regs sought for child car seats
Child car seats would for the first time have to protect children from death and injury in side-impact crashes under regulations the government is proposing, The Associated Press has learned.
Hands off the wheel: Self-driving cars could save money, lives
WASHINGTON — In some ways, computers make ideal drivers: They don’t drink and then climb behind the wheel. They don’t do drugs, get distracted, fall asleep, run red lights or […]
BMW recalls more than 134,000 5-Series cars
DETROIT — BMW is recalling more than 134,000 5-Series cars in the U.S. because the rear lights can fail. The recall, posted Friday on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration […]
Chrysler refuses U.S. request to recall vehicles
DETROIT — A defiant Chrysler is refusing to recall about 2.7 million Jeeps the government says are at risk of a fuel tank fire in a rear-end collision. The National […]
Editorial: Dram-shop responsibility
Although this week a U.S. District Court jury has ruled that a popular Ocean City nightclub has no legal responsibility for a rape that occurred in its parking lot after bar employees escorted a visibly intoxicated woman outside and left her there alone, the case against Seacrets raises a larger issue: Maryland’s lack of any dram-shop liability law.
Highway bill fails to clear hurdle in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are under pressure to find a way to keep federal aid flowing to highway and transit programs beyond the end of this month after a transportation bill […]
