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In Memoriam: Clarence Ditlow Clarence Ditlow (Getty Images) Clarence Ditlow, the long-time head of the Center for Auto Safety, died last week at the age of 72. His passing triggered an outpouring of tributes from colleagues, friends and others, including...

Weak Oversight, Deadly Cars Katherine Streeter By CLARENCE DITLOW and RALPH NADER October 28, 2014 WHEN regulators sleep and auto companies place profits over safety, safety defects pile up. A record number of vehicles — more than 50 million — have...

THE faulty airbags issue has been blowing up in the United States and shows no signs of losing steam. In an opinion piece published in the New York Times on Wednesday, writers CLARENCE DITLOW and RALPH NADER say this situation has been building up for...

From the factory floor to the corporate suite, employees at General Motors saw indications of a deadly ignition defect and failed to disclose the problem to the government. Yet even now that prosecutors are closing in on a criminal case against the...

(Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) recalled three million more cars for ignition switch issues on Monday, roughly doubling the number of GM vehicles with known switch problems in a crisis that has defined the automaker and new Chief Executive Mary...