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Takata Replacement Airbags May Not Work Long-Term, Company “Rapidly” Switching to New Propellant

– Takata, after 11 years of chasing uncontrolled explosions in its airbag inflators, said it would “rapidly” phase out ammonium nitrate as a propellant after its association with more than 100 injuries, six deaths, and extremely high failure rates that have led to the auto industry’s largest-ever recall. – In a Tuesday hearing with the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Takata executive vice president Kevin Kennedy said the Japanese

New 2016 BMW X1 Switches to Front-Drive-Based Platform

-Five years ago, BMW’s then-CEO Norbert Reithofer famously shared the observation that four out of five owners of the 1-series believed they had a front-wheel-drive car. That was shortly after the launch of the X1, a compact crossover based on the rear-wheel-drive 1-series platform. Now comes the second-generation X1, after a surprisingly short production run for the first iteration (even shorter in the States, where it only just arrived as

We Drive SRT’s Tomahawk Vision Gran Turismo Concept, Detail Its Insanity

-There are Gran Turismo 6 Vision concepts—such as those digital creations of Mercedes-Benz, Mazda, Infiniti, Volkswagen, and others—and then there is SRT’s Vision Gran Turismo concept, dubbed the Tomahawk. Actually, make that SRT’s three Vision Gran Turismo concepts; each one represents a harder-core version of the base Tomahawk S. And all three are coming to a PlayStation near you this summer. For it to stand out compared to the other impressive

Families march to China ship rescue site as survivor hopes fade

By Engen Tham and John Ruwitch JIANLI, China (Reuters) – Dozens of family members walked in protest on Wednesday to the rescue site of a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River, asking for news of their relatives who are missing after the worst shipping disaster in modern Chinese history. Frustrated by the level of information coming from local authorities, about 80 family members took matters into their own hands