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#1 Trapped Tesla Driver’s 911 Call: ‘It’s on Fire. Help Please’
Feb 5 2026 // Samuel Tremblett pleaded with a 911 operator to be rescued from his burning Tesla Inc. Model Y SUV after a crash in October: “I can’t get out, please help me.” The transcript of the 20-year-old’s...
#2 Immigration Officers Descend on Meta Data Center, Arrest Drivers
Jan 15 2026 // Federal immigration officers targeted a construction site in rural Louisiana where Meta Platforms Inc. is building its largest data center, leading to the arrest of two individuals, according to local law enforcement. US...
#3 DoorDash, Uber Cost Drivers $550 Million in Tips, NYC Says
Jan 16 2026 // DoorDash Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. have deprived New York delivery workers of more than $550 million in tips after changing the interfaces on their apps, according to findings released in a report from a city...
#4 Driver Fails to Back Up Claim That Tesla Touchscreen Defect Caused Accident
Jan 15 2026 // Vehicle manufacturer Tesla has won dismissal of a product liability lawsuit claiming that a defective touchscreen in a 2021 Tesla caused an accident. Judge Nelson Roman in federal district court in New York granted Tesla...
#5 Chicago Tow Truck Driver Charged Over Vehicle Thefts
Jan 22 2026 // Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul last week announced that his office charged a Chicago man over his role in the thefts of multiple vehicles while he was working for the city of Chicago in the Department of Streets and...
#6 AI-Driven Threats Driving Spending Plans: AXIS
Jan 26 2026 // Nearly 82% of executives surveyed by AXIS Capital Holdings Limited said their organizations plan to increase their cybersecurity budgets over the next 12 months, while 75.2% said they are likely to reduce cybersecurity...
#7 Car Crashes Into Detroit-Area Airport Ticket Counter, Injuring 6
Jan 26 2026 // A car crashed through the entrance of the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Friday evening, striking a ticket counter and injuring six people, airport officials said. The driver was taken into custody, the Wayne...
#8 Tesla Gets 5-Week Extension in Probe of Full Self-Driving Traffic Violations
Jan 16 2026 // U.S. auto safety regulators have granted Tesla a five-week extension to respond to an investigation into whether its vehicles violated traffic laws while the Elon Musk-led company’s Full Self-Driving system was...
#9 Drones Hit Two Tankers in Black Sea, Driving Up War Insurance Costs
Jan 14 2026 // Drones struck two oil tankers in the Black Sea on Tuesday, including one chartered by U.S. oil major Chevron, the companies involved said, as they sailed toward a terminal on the Russian coast. Both were en route to the...
#10 Rideshare Drivers Protest Robotaxis as California Considers More Regulations
Jan 12 2026 // Drivers for Lyft and Uber protested self-driving Waymo taxis in San Francisco on Friday, urging state regulators to exercise greater oversight of autonomous vehicles, given recent events in which the cars killed pets and...
#11 Dutch Court Rules Uber Drivers Can Be Treated as Self-Employed
Jan 27 2026 // A Dutch court on Tuesday overturned a 2021 ruling that had classified all Uber drivers as employees, stating that individual drivers can be treated as independent entrepreneurs. The Amsterdam court said six drivers who had...
