(January 27, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Diesel Technology Forum today reported the findings of the multi-year Advanced Collaborative Emissions Study (ACES) conducted by the Boston-based Health Effects Institute (HEI) on clean diesel technology.

The study concluded that exposure to new technology diesel exhaust does not cause any increase in the risk of lung cancer or other significant adverse health effects in study animals.

(January 26, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO — New research from Carfax suggests that millions of people may be driving, buying, or selling potentially dangerous cars due to an unfixed recall. The company’s annual research on the issue shows more than 46 million cars nationwide have at least one safety recall that’s never been fixed.

In fact, five million of them were bought and sold by potentially unsuspecting consumers in 2014.

(January 25, 2015) ATLANTA — According to AutoTrader.com's 2015 Automotive Buyer Influence Study, 61 percent of recent new car buyers reported that they purchased their latest vehicle due to a want — not a need. The study surveyed over 2300 new and used car buyers to understand their car shopping and buying journeys. This particular finding is significant, as it points to the increasing health of the automotive market.

(January 24, 2015) DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Mustang is one of the most popular cars ever built, and now it has the distinct honor of being one of the most common passwords on the Internet, a recent study reveals.

According to SplashData — a company specializing in password management — the word “mustang” was the 16th most common password found on the Internet in 2014, the only car moniker that found its way into the top 25. Not only that, Mustang is a slayer of superheroes — more popular than “Batman” and “Superman” as people’s secret code for accessing their personal networks and accounts.