Not everyone is happy about a recent agreement between car companies and federal regulators that would ensure all new cars are equipped…
Dec 2, 2016
SANTA MONICA, CA – A growing list of Tesla crashes demonstrates the urgent need to regulate the vehicles’ “Autopilot” feature, Consumer Watchdog…
Dec 1, 2016Washington — Three consumer advocacy groups are suing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for failing to respond to a petition calling…
Nov 30, 2016Auto safety and consumer advocacy groups have sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a bid to force the agency to…
Nov 30, 2016Here is a strategy for start-ups dealing with regulators who might shut down your product: Make it free. Scrappy self-driving car start-up…
Nov 30, 2016The advocacy groups had asked auto safety regulators to require automatic emergency braking on new cars Three consumer advocates have sued the National…
Nov 30, 2016Washington — President-elect Donald Trump will tap former U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to lead the Department of Transportation in his incoming…
Nov 29, 2016A consumer advocacy group contends that California refiners are holding down gasoline production to inflate prices at the pump. California gasoline prices remain…
Nov 29, 2016Consumer Watchdog wants rules limiting hype about self-driving cars Carmakers should be a bit more circumspect in their claims for self-driving cars, a…
Nov 29, 2016A California-based consumer advocacy group is urging the state's DMV to crack down on Tesla’s use of the words "autopilot" and “self-driving”…
Nov 29, 2016The California Department of Motor Vehicles put forth proposed regulations that would, in effect, prohibit Tesla from using the Autopilot name to market its…
Nov 28, 2016On November 21, a small amount of bromine trifluoride was accidentally released from the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility in Southern California.
Nov 27, 2016Washington — Carmakers are pushing for “flexibility” and the ability to protect proprietary information in self-driving car testing as federal regulators move…
Nov 23, 2016Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Consumer advocates on Thursday said Los Angeles water and…
Nov 17, 2016Consumer advocates say consumers should be prepared for gas prices to jump up again due to another fire at the Exxon Torrance…
Nov 16, 2016A judge ruled Tuesday against a restraining order that would have stopped Anthem Blue Cross from switching 500,000 Californians to health insurance…
Nov 16, 2016(Reuters) - The plaintiff in a proposed class action accusing Anthem Blue Cross of California of engaging in a "bait and switch"…
Nov 16, 2016A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday denied an emergency request to stop Anthem from allegedly switching some California members out…
Nov 16, 2016