Federal officials are investigating a crash that killed the driver of a Model S, a Tesla vehicle with a partially autonomous driving system, in a move that has major implications for the future of driverless vehicles.
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris has issued subpoenas to oil refiners as part of an investigation into unusually high gasoline prices in California during the last year.
What do Justin Bieber and Volkswagen have in common? Well for both of them, it’s definitely “too late to say sorry.”
Automakers have asked for a change in the federal fuel economy program to make it easier to meet tightening emissions requirements, a move that is worrying environmental and consumer advocates.
Facing a multibillion-dollar deficit, Alaska’s governor has cut in half the annual checks that give all residents a share of the state’s oil wealth, but he kept enough money in place to award everyone a $1,000 payout.
A lawyer for Volkswagen AG said at a court hearing Thursday the German automaker believed it could fix 85,000 polluting 3.0-liter VW, Audi and Porsche diesel cars and SUVs, a move that could help the company avoid a second pricey buyback.
Within 100 miles of Sacramento, Calif., more than 1,400 new electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles are available for sale.
It should be a time of celebrations, party hats, and road trips: Gas prices are expected to be their lowest for the Fourth of July weekend in more than a decade.
With gas prices at an eight-year low, it’s reasonable to assume consumers might not value fuel-efficient cars as much as they did in 2008, when the national average for a gallon of gas reached $4.11.
In California’s farming heartland, as many as one of every five oil and gas projects occurs in underground sources of fresh water, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
