Category Archives: safety

Clocks Spring Forward as Recalls Tick On

Posted on 9 March 2018 by Ken Zino

During 2017, there were 813 new vehicle safety recalls affecting more than 30 million vehicles in the United States. Continue reading →

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Ford Driving Skills for Life Allows Saudi Women to Participate

Posted on 8 March 2018 by Ken Zino

Ford is training more than 250 Effat University students with lessons thought to be necessary for new drivers, tips from experts, and an understanding of safe driving practices. Continue reading →

Posted in marketing, news analysis, people, safety | Tagged Arab News, autoinformed.com, International Women’s Day Ford Driving Skills for Life for Her Effat University, Ken Zino, Saudi Gazette | 1 Comment

Trump Tantrum on Trade Kills Jobs, Distracts from Expanding Russian Collusion Investigations and Criminal Indictments

Posted on 5 March 2018 by Ken Zino

The impact on automotive and parts production will be significant, but the magnitude of the action is not yet known. Continue reading →

Posted in economy, financial results, litigation, manufacturing, news analysis, transportation | Tagged autoinformed.com, center for automotive research, consumer credit, Ken Zino, NAFTA. Trade Wars, tariffs | 1 Comment

Me Too? Raj Nair, President North America, Fired by Ford

Posted on 22 February 2018 by Ken Zino

Job One at Ford appears to include masturbating on the assembly line, showing off pictures of penises, molesting and propositioning women and retaliating against those who refused to “go along with the program,” thereby providing an expanded definition of tit for tat. Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence Next Big Thing in Autos?

Posted on 15 February 2018 by Ken Zino

As just the latest example of the growing use of sophisticated computer programming, some of it quite invasive and reckless in customer privacy issues, Mercedes-Benz is presenting what it calls “innovations and initiatives” from a variety of fields as part … Continue reading →

Posted in concept, distracted driving, electronics, safety | Tagged artificial intelligence, autoinformed.com, Four Years from Now, Ken Zino, MBUX, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona | Leave a comment

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi and Didi Chuxing Sign Chinese Car-Sharing MoU

Posted on 8 February 2018 by Ken Zino

Automotive Alliance to explore future business opportunities with global Chinese transportation company. Continue reading →

Posted in concept, electronics, environment, milestones, safety | Tagged Alliance 2022 strategic plan, autoinformed.com, autonomy, connectivity, Didi Chuxing, Ken Zino, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, robo-vehicles, vehicle electrification | Leave a comment

California Air Resources Board Fines JEGS Automotive $1.7m

Posted on 5 February 2018 by AutoCrat

The California Air Resources Board today announced that JEGS Automotive Inc. will pay $1,700,500 to resolve violations of anti-pollution laws related to the sales and marketing of illegal aftermarket performance parts in California. The penalty is the largest in CARB … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year! Another 800,000 Deadly Takata Airbags Recalled

Posted on 7 January 2018 by Ken Zino

This latest recall addresses model year 2010 vehicles ever registered in the states of Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Continue reading →

Posted in customer satisfaction, engineering, litigation, recalls, safety | Tagged air bag recalls, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, nhtsa, safety defects | 1 Comment

Significant Stories, Trends of 2017. And 2018?

Posted on 1 January 2018 by Ken Zino

However, journalists staring down a blank screen, an opaque prelude to more 2018 deadlines, do not have the option to Tweet and constantly Run away from the responsibilities of the job. Here is AutoInformed on some significant automotive related stories of the 2017 year, with our wry awareness, as always, that columnists conduct their education – sometimes not perfectly informed – in public. Continue reading →

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Ford Recalls Autoliv Air Bags on 2018 Escapes

Posted on 24 December 2017 by Ken Zino

Owners are given no warning about the shrapnel that results, increasing the risk of injury. This of course is like the ongoing Takata airbag shrapnel recall. Continue reading →

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Most Say Trump Election Led to Worse Race Relations

Posted on 24 December 2017 by Ken Zino

In 2008, voters were more optimistic about how Barack Obama’s election would affect race relations than they were after Trump’s victory Continue reading →

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Dieselgate Once Again – Porsche to Fix Dirty V6 Diesels

Posted on 29 November 2017 by Ken Zino

It is no coincidence that in June, the respected German Magazine Der Spiegel first reported the “irregularities.” It also pointed out the existence of a cheating cartel consisting of Audi, BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen and Porsche that lasted for many years. The outgoing German government was complicit in allowing the cartel and the emissions in the view of critics because so many jobs were at stake. Continue reading →

Posted in electronics, engineering, environment, fools 'n frauds, litigation, recalls | Tagged Audi BMW Daimler Volkswagen and Porsche diesels, autoinformed.com, EU6 emissions, German Federal Motor Transport Authority, KBA, Ken Zino, recalled Cayenne 3-liter V6 Diesels | Leave a comment

Black Magic – Winter Tires Prove All-Seasons Are Anything But

Posted on 25 November 2017 by Ken Zino

The “snows” allowed faster stopping – consistently with much less slipping sliding. The all seasons were clearly mis-named with no discernible truth in marketing or advertising. Continue reading →

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Protect the American Worker Trump – Says NLA

Posted on 24 November 2017 by Ken Zino

“As you are aware (debatable, if not refutable – editor), our country was founded on the principal that hard working Americans have a standard set of protections afforded to them by law, and that all reasonable efforts will be made to keep people employed who have a desire and ability to work… Continue reading →

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