Columbus-based Safelite AutoGlass established a new benchmark in recycling in 2016. The company announced last week that it recycled 1.76 million windshields last year, surpassing the previous year’s record and bringing the total collected since the windshield recycling program’s inception in 2012 to 6 million. “We believe our customers appreciate our efforts to recycle their [...]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The final cleanup is underway in Anchorage after the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake helped turn a sea-side bluff into an auto junkyard. Here’s a quick look at how the vehicles got imbedded into the 250-foot cliff overlooking Cook Inlet and directly above a wildlife refuge important for migratory birds, and what’s [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama administration officials are previewing long-awaited guidance that attempts to bring self-driving cars to the nation’s roadways safely — without creating so many roadblocks that the technology can’t make it to market quickly. Traditional automakers and tech companies have been testing self-driving prototypes on public roads for several years, with a human [...]
WASHINGTON — Experts say the development of self-driving cars over the coming decade depends on an unreliable assumption by many automakers: that the humans in them will be ready to step in and take control if the car’s systems fail. Instead, experience with automation in other modes of transportation like aviation and rail suggests that [...]