Car Industry

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is becoming the first state to regulate self-driving vehicles on its roadways. The state’s legislative commission on Wednesday approved regulations that were vetted by car manufacturers, insurance companies, law enforcement officials and others...

Kelley Blue Book’s first-ever ‘Total Cost of Ownership Award Winners‘ considered factors like purchase price, fuel expenditures and expected maintenance and depreciation to come up with the cars it says have the lowest-projected overall cost of ownership. The big winner in the brand category? South Korean automaker Kia.

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling 39,000 Versa small cars because the transmissions can be shifted out of park without the driver’s foot on the brake. The 2012 model cars were made from June 9, 2011 through Jan. 13, 2012 and sold in the U...

While the book ‘Women Don’t Ask’ indicates the fairer sex often winds up paying upwards of $1,300 more for a car simply to avoid the sometimes-painful haggling process, a new survey demonstrates women aren’t the pushovers auto-sellers may think they are.

The green revolution is strong among young drivers, the majority of whom prefer eco-friendly vehicles over any other type of car.

DENVER (AP) — Eight states have now signed up in an effort to encourage U.S. automakers to develop affordable vehicles that run on natural gas. The governors of Colorado and Oklahoma announced in November that their states, along with Pennsylvania and Wyoming, intended to seek proposals to replace vehicles in their state fleets with ones that run on natural gas...

Just a few years ago, Detroit automakers were in peril, with car sales hitting a 30-year low. But now, in an optimistic sign of the industry’s continued recovery, sales are enjoying their second straight year of growth.

It doesn't seem like it was that long ago, but the record breaking 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan over two months ago now is begining to cause big problems for automobile manufacturers and dealerships in the US. At the time of the earthquake the focus was on the damage caused by the nuclear reactors melting down and hazards caused by the disaster, but many automobile plants were also dama