Michigan State Police said 150 vehicles were involved in a highway pileup Saturday, leading to 16 people being transported to area hospitals, none with serious injuries.

A new antitrust class action has been filed against Tesla accusing the company of unlawfully curbing competition for maintenance and replacement parts, which the lawsuit claims has resulted in exorbitant prices and long wait times for repairs.

How safe are electric vehicles? It’s a question that keeps coming up in different ways in my role overseeing our vehicle crashworthiness evaluations.

One by one, states have begun to recognize a vehicle owner’s third-party claim for residual diminished value damage, or ‘stigma damage’, which is the loss of value of an automobile that remains after it is completely and professionally repaired. It is the loss of value that results from the simple fact that the vehicle has been in an accident.

Many advanced technologies can reduce the number of lives lost on U.S. roads, but full or partial automation is not one of them, David Harkey, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said in a virtual Capitol Hill briefing March 7.

Earlier in my career I handled a subrogation case involving a brand-new vehicle which was lightly tapped from the rear by a careless driver. The damage to the vehicle was very minimal, yet the vehicle was declared a total loss by my client because its frame had been ‘jiggled’ and the cost to repair the frame, together with the diminution in value of the vehicle after successful frame repair and increased salvage value exceeded the actual cash value of the vehicle.

Looks like some of Tesla’s shareholders are feeling betrayed by Elon Musk and his merry band of executives. Investors have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of exaggerating the capabilities of its self-driving tech and putting people’s lives at risk.

Nissan has notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that it is recalling 712,458 Rogue and Rogue Sport SUVs in the United States over a problem with the ignition key. The key is a "jackknife" design that can collapse while the vehicle is moving, potentially causing it to shut off, Nissan’s filing states.

Extensive damage has been reported in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas after a line of severe thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes late Sunday night.

Tesla’s recall of nearly 363,000 vehicles equipped with what the company calls ‘Full Self-Driving’ this week highlights a more widespread issue with the ways that partial automation systems are designed and advertised, IIHS President David Harkey said.

Touchless claims aren’t just the future of the insurance industry -- they’re the present. Customers today have shifted from being familiar with doing business online to largely preferring it in many cases, and that ripple effect has been felt and registered by insurance companies globally.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requested additional information from Tesla following a California crash on Saturday in which one of its vehicles collided with a fire truck parked at an accident scene.

Primary workers’ compensation, general liability, and no-fault claims payers should be on alert for civil monetary penalties of up to $1,000 per day, per claim, which will be issued against noncompliant claims payers beginning spring 2023.

The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA), the Illinois Insurance Association (IIA), and National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) have together issued a statement decrying a newly announced Illinois bill which would limit the number of non-driving factors auto insurance companies can use in setting the rates of consumers.

Honda is recalling 114,686 vehicles due to an inoperative rearview camera display that can reduce the driver’s rear visibility, increasing the risk of a crash, according to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).