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Takata Airbag Death in Texas Spurs Renewed Push on Car Recalls
The brother of a Texas teenager killed by shrapnel from an exploding Takata air bag said on Thursday that his family never received a recall notice about the defective vehicle safety device. The...
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Honda Is Recalling More Than 11,000 Accord Sedans
Honda Motor hmc is recalling more than 11,000 decade-old Accord sedans, some of them for the fifth time since 2014, after dealers found the Japanese automaker originally had installed the wrong Takata...
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Honda’s New Ad Campaign Says You Can’t Multitask
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and Honda hmc is bringing awareness to distracted driving with a new ad campaign. It’s called #PhoneDownEyesUp--because every ad campaign needs a...
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Automakers and Transit Agencies Urge White House to Reject Plan for Open...
More than 50 automakers, state transportation agencies, and other groups urged the White House and other federal policymakers on Thursday not to open a portion of the wireless spectrum reserved for...
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An Inside Look at Google’s Car Strategy
Google’s plans for the car were overshadowed at its developer conference last month by new product announcements like Google Home, software improvements such as Android Instant Apps, and a smarter...
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Audi Nabs Fifth Top Crash Safety Award for 2016
The 2017 Audi A4 earned the carmaker its fifth Top Safety Pick+ rating for 2016 from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) today--the highest score attainable. The IIHS rates all new...
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The U.S. Government Is Calling for Immediate Repairs of These Recalled Honda...
U.S. auto safety regulators warned on Thursday that Takata air bag inflators on more than 300,000 unrepaired recalled Honda vehicles show a substantial risk of rupturing, and urged owners to stop...
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Most Small SUVs Fail To Light Up the Road
Updated with automaker responses. The headlights on most small crossovers, among the most popular U.S. vehicles, are inadequate, according to a report published on Tuesday. The Insurance Institute for...
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SoftBank Is Designing An Emotional Car To Make Your Drives Home Less Lonely
On the heels of its $32 billion takeover of chip designer ARM, SoftBank sftby founder Masayoshi Son is embarking on another “crazy idea”: talking cars that can read a driver’s emotions. The Japanese...
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Why GM and Honda Just Joined a Google-Led Patent Alliance
In another sign of the growing ties between Detroit and Silicon Valley, more automakers are joining a network of primarily tech companies that use licenses to ward off so-called “patent trolls.” The...
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Honda Looks to the Revamped Acura NSX to Fire Up Its Brand
With its aggressive design and six-figure price tag, Honda Motor’s revamped NSX is a far cry from its “cheap and cheerful” Civic sedans, but the automaker is betting the sports car launched in Japan on...
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New California Law Allows Test of Autonomous Shuttle With No Driver
A bill signed into law on Thursday by California Governor Jerry Brown allows a self-driving vehicle with no operator inside to test on a public road, a key step enabling a private business park outside...
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Honda and Yamaha Announce Scooter Partnership
Japan’s Honda Motor Co Ltd and Yamaha Motor Co Ltd on Wednesday said they were joining forces to develop scooters for the domestic market, burying the hatchet on a decades-old rivalry and consolidating...
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Honda Just Unveiled the New 2017 CR-V
Honda Motor Co is expanding capacity for the new generation of its CR-V sport utility vehicle, shifting production to the United States from Mexico in a move that will intensify competition in one of...
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Honda Recalls 350,000 New Civics For Faulty Parking Brake
Honda is voluntarily recalling about 350,000 2016 model-year Civic coupes and sedans over a software glitch that is affecting the electric parking brake. The automaker says it discovered the issue...
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How Honda Is Looking to Capitalize on Soaring Sales in China
Honda Motor plans to build a new factory in China that will produce passenger cars from 2019, boosting its output capacity in the country by about a fifth, two people familiar with the matter said on...
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Regulator Says Automakers Are Responsible for Takata’s Faulty Airbag Recalls
Automakers have “ultimate responsibility” for the costs of replacing potentially deadly Takata tktdy airbags, no matter what happens to the Japanese supplier, the top U.S. vehicle safety regulator...
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Honda Won’t Be Changing Its Mexican Production Plans Anytime Soon
Honda Motor Co. will stick with its North American production plans as it waits to see if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will follow through on a campaign pledge to dump the North American Free...
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Honda Inks Deals with Uber’s Main Ride-Hailing Rival in Southeast Asia
Grab, a Southeast Asian ride-hailing company, and Japanese automaker Honda have inked a partnership focused on Grab’s motorbike ride service. Details are sparse, but the companies say they will...
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Toyota Announces Plans to Invest $10 Billion in the U.S.
Global auto executives at the Detroit auto show are highlighting their investments in the United States, mindful of President-elect Donald Trump’s attacks on automakers for building vehicles in Mexico....
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