Safety

The EPA categorized the incident as a 'major spill.'...More

Company had problem with the melting of a lithium battery pack in a hybrid Outlander that was due for sale earlier this month, as well as a fire triggered by an overheating unit in a factory which produces the MiEV electric vehicle....More

  SHANGHAI -- Volkswagen (IW 1000/10) said Wednesday it would recall 384,181 vehicles in China over gearbox defects, marking the German auto giant's biggest ever recall in the world's largest auto market. The recall came after Chinese state television alleged in an annual corporate malpractice program that Volkswagen had used substandard gearboxes in some models, causing acceleration problems and accidents....More

‘It is estimated that 10% of medicines are fake and these figures can go up to 50%, particularly in some poorer countries,’ said Christopher Viehbacher, the head of Sanofi....More