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US expands probe into air bag failures to 12.3M vehicles
DETROIT—U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million…
Tesla gears up for fully self driving cars amid skepticism
SAN FRANCISCO—Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears poised to transform the company's electric cars into driverless vehicles in a risky bid…
ARI Named to the 2019 List of Best Workplaces for Giving Back in Canada
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ —ARI, a global fleet services provider specializing in complex car and truck fleets, has been recognized as one…
Canada’s EV charging network growing up as numbers and power improve
TORONTO—The electric vehicle road trip is becoming a practical reality as an increasing number of players work to close gaps in…
ORBCOMM wins company of the year for fleet telematics offerings
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Frost & Sullivan has awarded ORBCOMM Inc. with the 2018 North American Company of the year award for its…
Bridgestone Europe acquires TomTom Telematics
BRUSSELS—Bridgestone Europe NV/SA, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation in EMEA, has acquired TomTom Telematics, a provider of…
FCA to cut Windsor auto assembly shift in fall at loss of 1,500 jobs
WINDSOR, Ont.—Fiat Chrysler Automobiles says it plans to cut the third shift at its Windsor, Ont., assembly plant later this year…
Volkswagen to network factories in the cloud with Amazon
FRANKFURT—Volkswagen said Wednesday it is partnering with Amazon to develop cloud computing capacity aimed at improving efficiency…
Trump calls GM’s CEO in push to reopen Ohio auto plant
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump stepped up his pressure on General Motors to reopen an Ohio manufacturing plant that recently…
Next Level Van—The 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
From the February 2019 print edition
From a design standpoint, cargo vans may not be the most exciting four-wheelers on the…
The cost of evasion—can you afford not to invest in driver training?
From the February 2019 print edition
Driver training is important, yet it often gets pushed to the back burner…
Judge gives four-year sentence to Quebec driver who was texting before fatal crash
MONTREAL—A Quebec man convicted of killing another driver and injuring two teenagers while texting at the wheel has been sentenced…