New 2020 Ford F-150 trucks are all equipped with standard automatic emergency braking technology, the automaker confirmed Thursday. Previously, automatic emergency braking was reserved for Lariat trims and higher, although sometime during the 2020 model year, F-150 XLT models received the life-saving technology. Ford spokesman Mike Levine said in a …
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Volvo is recalling all 2019-2020 models equipped with automatic emergency braking (AEB) because the system may not detect obstacles and stop the vehicle as designed, according to paperwork filed by Volvo to the NHTSA on March 12. Without AEB working properly, there is a higher risk of a crash. Volvo …
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Tesla’s Fremont, California, plant is located in Alameda County, which has issued a quarantine order for all but “essential business.” The company had noted that information from different levels of government had been conflicting and was reluctant to close, agreeing late Wednesday, March 18, to cut worker count from 10,000 …
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The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by half a percentage point in the first such emergency move since the 2008 financial crisis, amid mounting concern that the coronavirus outbreak threatens to stall the record U.S. economic expansion. The rate cut, which came between the central bank’s regularly scheduled meetings, was …
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