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Uber car’s ‘safety’ driver streamed TV show before fatal crash: police

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber car in Tempe, Arizona, was streaming a television show on her phone until about the time of a fatal crash, according to a police report that deemed the March 18 incident “entirely avoidable.”

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Trump threatens 20 percent U.S. tariff on EU car imports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to escalate a trade war with Europe by imposing a 20 percent tariff on all U.S. imports of European Union-assembled cars, a month after the administration launched an investigation into whether auto imports pose a national security threat.

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Tesla recycling machine catches fire at Fremont, California campus

The fire occurred after a cardboard baling machines that is used for recycling overheated, and was contained, Fremont Fire Department Division Chief Diane Hendry said on Friday. The Tesla spokeswoman said the production tent was not affected by the fire. Tesla has been burning through cash as it tries to hit a target of producing 5,000 Model 3 electric sedans per week after production delays. …read more […]

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Trump’s Latest Tariff Threat Sends Daimler, BMW Stock Reeling

German automotive stocks fell after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 20 percent tariff on all European car imports into the U.S. “Based on the Tariffs and Trade Barriers long placed on the U.S. and it great companies and workers by the European Union, if these Tariffs and Barriers are not soon broken down and removed, we will be placing a 20% Tariff on all of their cars coming into the U.S. Build them here!” Trump said in a tweet on Friday. The risk is becoming more real, said Jeff Schuster, senior vice president of forecasting …read more […]