Car Safety
Tesla Model S Recall Announced For Rear-Seat Latch Bracket
Tesla Motors announced this morning that it will conduct a partial recall of Model S electric sedans manufactured between May 10 and June 8 of this year to fix a potentially weakened left-rear seat attachment striker bracket. According to a post on the company's website and signed by CEO Elon Musk...
2013 Ford Fusion Energi Gets Top Safety Ratings From NHTSA, IIHS
The belief that electric cars must somehow perform badly in crashes is slowly being eroded, with many well-known examples scoring well in crash tests around the world. The... May 21, 2013 by Antony Ingram
2013 Nissan Leaf Electric Car Gets IIHS 'Top Safety Pick' Rating
Nobody really wants to crash, but if you're unfortunate enough to do so it's nice to know your chances of escaping injury are better than most. That's the case with the 2013... May 9, 2013 by Antony Ingram 1
Don't Cry: Tesla Model S Torn Apart For Safety's Sake
Modern cars feel so substantial and safe they can often feel impregnable--you're just rolling along in your little bubble, protected from the world outside. The Model S, the... March 7, 2013 by Antony Ingram 6
Tesla CEO Musk: Boeing 787 Batteries 'Inherently Unsafe'
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is hardly shy and retiring. He tweets out random financial results, states as fact things that haven't quite happened yet, and regularly speaks his... January 30, 2013 by John Voelcker 25
Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric Cars Recalled To Fix Braking Problem
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is recalling 14,700 Mitsubishi i, or i-MiEV electric cars over a brake fault. The global recall will fix a component of the brake booster system. In... January 24, 2013 by Antony Ingram 1
Noisemaking Rules For Hybrids, Electric Cars Proposed By DoT
The U.S. Department of Transport has become the latest group to look further into noisemaking devices for electric and hybrid vehicles. Several pressure and safety groups... January 8, 2013 by Antony Ingram 15
![Hiroshima University's iSAVE-SC1 inflatable electric car. [Image: Video screen capture]](http://static.hgmsites.net/images/cache/hiroshima-universitys-isave-sc1-inflatable-electric-car-image-video-screen-capture_100414119_151x113.jpg "Hit A Pedestrian In This Electric Car? No Problem")
Hit A Pedestrian In This Electric Car? No Problem
Generally, we'd advise that hitting a pedestrian with your car is something to best avoid. However, if worst came to worst, it'd be nice to know their chances of survival are... December 27, 2012 by Antony Ingram 1
Electric, Hybrid Badges Growing To Warn First Responders?
Electric vehicles are as different when crashed as they are when moving, and that difference has led to changes in procedure for first responders to accident scenes. Police... December 27, 2012 by Antony Ingram 1
Coda Electric Sedan: Only 2 Stars In NHTSA Frontal Crash Tests
As part of standard procedure, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash-tests an example of each vehicle on sale, and assigns a rating based on how it... December 10, 2012 by Antony Ingram 3
Honda Demonstrates 'Green Wave' Tech Designed To Ease Traffic
Have you noticed how much poorly synchronized lights—or traffic that's trying to go faster than the lights permit—can add to congestion? A new system in the works... November 21, 2012 by Bengt Halvorson 2
Sandy Flood Fire Followup: Fisker Karma Battery Not At Fault
It's becoming an awkward, unfortunate routine. Somewhere, somehow, a Fisker Karma catches fire, and the company rushes in its inspectors and engineers to analyze the... November 6, 2012 by John Voelcker 15
'Green Tires' Popularity Increasing, Grip Improving Too
If you drive a hybrid or plug-in vehicle, chances are you're already familiar with 'green tires'. Also known as low rolling resistance tires, they're becoming an increasingly... October 18, 2012 by Antony Ingram 5
2013 Nissan Altima Gets Five-Star NCAP Crash-Test Rating
With all eyes turned to the 2012 Paris Auto Show, Nissan has quietly announced that its all-new 2013 Nissan Altima has been awarded a 5-star overall rating by the National... September 28, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4
House Bill Demands Safety, Jobs Analysis Of Gas-Mileage Rules
Politics is at best a messy and adversarial process. Add in a presidential election and the currently polarized political mood, and anything at all done by government is... September 24, 2012 by John Voelcker 6
Some Small Cars Generate Big Insurance Claims
Car safety has improved in leaps and bounds over the last few decades, with several technological advancements helping not only to protect you in an accident, but also... September 20, 2012 by Antony Ingram 11
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