ARC Automotive Inc., for example, has figured out a way to make an airbag inflator that use saltwater brine (and a small pyrotechnic charge) to deploy an airbag instead of the larger charges that ...

Mounting government pressure, including a recent Senate hearing (pictured above), is attempting to push a solution.Takata is currently building about 300,000 replacement inflators a month at its ...

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Volkswagen is recalling nearly 114,500 of its Beetle and Passat vehicles in response to the potential risk their driver’s side airbag inflators could explode. The side front airbag inflator on ...