BMW completed its $1.7 billion South Carolina EV expansion on June 30, with the first US-built electric X5 set for Spartanburg production before year-end.
A NYT and IIHS analysis ties 200 to 400 pedestrian deaths a year to taller, heavier vehicles, with around 3,000 linked to higher hoods since 2016.
Tesla says the driver manually overrode Full Self-Driving by flooring the accelerator in a fatal Texas crash. NHTSA has opened a new federal probe.
A Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot crashed into a Katy, Texas home Friday and killed a 76-year-old woman. NHTSA has the FSD system under engineering analysis.