Categories: Rental Operations, Safety, Safety & Compliance, Small Fleet, Vehicle Research

Ford Motor Co. is recalling an estimated 1.62 million Ford F-150 regular cab and SuperCrew cab pickups from the 2015 to 2018 model years because the front...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/312572/ford-recalls-f-150-for-seat-belt-issue

Categories: Rental Operations, Safety, Safety & Compliance, Small Fleet

Phantom Auto will begin testing autonomous vehicles in Sacramento, Calif., under a new agreement with the city that allows testing with no occupants in the...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/310438/calif-capitol-allows-driver-less-car-testing

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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has released updated voluntary guidelines asking autonomous vehicle (AV) makers testing in the state...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/310244/pa-tightens-autonomous-vehicle-testing-guidelines

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The adoption of autonomous driving technology will lead to fewer accidents, but the collisions that do occur will likely result in costlier repairs and...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/308174/autonomous-vehicles-less-accidents-costlier-repairs

Categories: Legal & Legislative, Safety, Safety & Compliance

As regulators, public safety advocates and automakers grapple with how to create a federal legal framework for the deployment of autonomous vehicles, the...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/307042/too-soon-to-regulate-autonomous-vehicles-nhtsas-king

Categories: Legal & Legislative, Safety, Safety & Compliance, Small Fleet

Ensuring driver and pedestrian safety and regulating a still nascent technology are among the top issues of concern covered in a new report about autonomous...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/306276/autonomous-vehicles-will-test-public-safety

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Some 164 people may lose their lives on the roadways during the Independence Day holiday period and an additional 18,600 may be seriously injured in motor...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/305157/over-160-traffic-fatalities-predicted-for-july-4th-holiday

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Volkswagen Group of America and four large automotive suppliers have formed a working group to develop technical standards to improve the way vehicles...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/305145/volkswagen-suppliers-form-vehicle-data-group

Categories: Operations, Rental Operations, Safety, Safety & Compliance, Small Fleet

Uber, ATA, Daimler, Toyota, and others have formed a new partnership to study the potential impacts of self-driving vehicles on American workers and the...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/304797/transportation-coalition-launches-partnership-to-study-impact-of-self-driving-ve

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is recalling roughly 4.8 million vehicles due to a defect that could prevent the cruise control system from disengaging, the...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/303102/fca-us-recalls-4-8-million-vehicles