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(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. agency charged with setting motorvehicle safety standards missed its mandatory deadlinefor conducting reviews 87.5% of the time and itsengineers lack training, a watchdog report said. NHTSA is in the process of improving its processes andhas agreed to adopt all six of the recommendations by theinspector general, agency Acting Administrator StevenCliff said in a response to the report. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Workhorse Group Inc. shares plunged on Wednesday to their lowest in fifteen months after the embattled electric-vehicle maker said it will suspend deliveries of its vans and recall units it has already delivered. As one of the earlier publicly-traded EV startups apart from Tesla Inc., Workhorse shares reaped big benefits last year, surging 551% as investors piled into electric car companies. [Extracted from the article]

As one of the earlier publicly-traded EV startups apart from Tesla Inc., Workhorse shares reaped big benefits last year, surging 551% as investors piled into electric car companies. (Bloomberg) -- Workhorse Group Inc. shares plunged on Wednesday to their lowest in fifteen months after the embattled electric-vehicle maker said it will suspend deliveries of its vans and recall units it has already delivered. [Extracted from the article]

As one of the earlier publicly-traded EV startups apart from Tesla Inc., Workhorse shares reaped big benefits last year, surging 551% as investors piled into electric car companies. (Bloomberg) -- Workhorse Group Inc. shares plunged on Wednesday to their lowest sinxe May after the embattled electric-vehicle maker said it will suspend deliveries of its vans and recall units it has already delivered. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Lawmakers pushing to allow U.S. automakers to sell as many as 80,000 self-driving cars apiece each year are trying to pin the fate of their measure to bipartisan legislation to enhance American competitiveness with China. The lawmakers have teamed up on previous attempts to pass self-driving legislation in the Senate that failed. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the study on automotive safety and pollution standards that was conducted by the U.S. Office of Science & Technology (OST). The study revealed the ineffectiveness of the safety and pollution-control equipment requirements for the 1976 models. The findings caused President Richard Nixon to examine the regulatory power of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in setting standards for automotive safety.

The article focuses on the motor vehicle safety standards issued by the U.S. National Traffic Safety Agency for the automobiles of 1968 models. It states that out of 20 standards issued by the agency, eight require further rule-making procedures. It presents comments of several people such as acting Under Secretary of Commerce Lowell K. Bridwell and safety critic Ralph Nader on the safety standards, and offers information on various changes made in existing standards.

Calls on George W. Bush to present a war plan for gas guzzling vehicles to reduce our dependency on Middle Eastern countries. Two-thirds of oil in the U.S which goes towards transportation; Lack of initiative from the White House to ask for legislation to increase fuel economy standards; Value questioned of the proposed rule changes that would allow heavy trucks to have the least effective fuel mileage; What good could come from enforcement of more energy efficient vehicles.