The U.S. government has opened an investigation into Tesla's partially automated driving system after a series of collisions with parked emergency vehicles.

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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 fuel economy standards for cars and trucks, in a battle ...

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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.

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General Motors plans to release the results of an outside attorney's investigation into its mishandled recall of small cars on Thursday morning.

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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.

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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.

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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 tailgate. And their reaction times are quicker. They do such ...

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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 website, affects 528i, 535i, 550i and M5 cars from the ...

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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 Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent Chrysler a letter asking that ...

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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.

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