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The big three-row Audi S.U.V. that has been produced for over a decade returns for 2017 lighter and stuffed with family-friendly technology.

As safety officials opened an inquiry into a Pennsylvania accident, a witness to the fatal Florida Tesla crash described a car that did not slow down even after impact.

The recent death involving Tesla’s Autopilot feature underscored the technology’s risks. But the advances have gotten ahead of insurers’ ability to factor self-driving systems into their policies.

Two self-driving car pioneers have distinct views of the role of the person behind the wheel.

Robust demand for pickups and S.U.V.s pushed up U.S. auto sales in June, but General Motors, Toyota Motor and Volkswagen sold fewer vehicles.

An analysis from Bankrate.com found that median-income households in the 50 largest cities could not afford the average price of a new car.

The German company said it would produce the car, to be called the iNext, in cooperation with Mobileye of Israel and the semiconductor maker Intel.

The federal highway safety agency said that the driver of a Tesla on “autopilot” died in a crash in May, thought to be the first death in a self-driving car.

The transportation secretary, Anthony Foxx, said certain 2001-3 Hondas and Acuras needed to be repaired immediately because of faulty Takata airbags.

The conservatively handsome and roomy Sonata Plug-in Hybrid, Hyundai’s entry in a field with few competitors, doesn’t look like a science experiment.