So far, Ford has been hit hardest by parts shortages.
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Decade after recall, tens of thousands of cars with most deadly air bags still on road
The Takata air bags have killed at least 22 people worldwide, and were the subject of the biggest safety recall in U.S. history.
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Toyota aims to get cars ‘talking’ with one another
The automaker will start putting short-range communications chips in U.S. models by 2021.
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Legally blind worry: Will self-driving cars accommodate them?
University researchers are studying accessibility issues for the ‘obvious beneficiaries of the technology.’
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Trump’s EPA expected to roll back gas mileage standards
Any change is likely to set up a lengthy legal showdown with California, which currently has the power to set its own pollution and gas mileage standards and doesn’t want them to change.
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Trump goes after Amazon again in morning Twitter attack
His latest critique follows the publication of a report in Axios that Trump was ‘obsessed’ with the retail giant.
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Trump officials prepare to undo fuel-efficiency targets, some automakers object
But California, with almost 35% of the auto market, has much stricter standards so some auto makers want to maintain Obama-era guidelines.