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NHTSA Withdraws Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications Regulatory Proposal
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has withdrawn a regulatory proposal that would have required certain vehicle-to-vehicle communication technologies in all light-vehicles. In its formal filing declaring its decision to withdraw the regulatory proposal, NHTSA stated that it still believes that, “V2V and other vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies hold…
Read MorePLACE HOLDER: POST ON 11/14/23 JUDICIARY HEARING
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall Earlier this week, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust held an oversight hearing. Jonathan Kanter, the Assistant Attorney General who leads the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, provided testimony. Assistant Attorney General Kanter defended his office’s investigations into monopolistic activities…
Read MorePanel Releases Report on OSHA’s Possible Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Rulemaking
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall A Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) panel tasked with reviewing a possible Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings regulation from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has produced its final report. The report identifies the automotive repair industry as one of the “core”…
Read MoreAlliance for Automotive Innovation Statement on Maine Ballot Question 4 Result
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall Statement on Maine’s Question 4 WASHINGTON, DC – Alliance for Automotive Innovation released the following statement on the results of Maine’s Question 4 ballot initiative. John Bozzella, president and CEO of Alliance for Automotive Innovation, said: “The Question 4 results are disappointing but hardly surprising. Out-of-state, big-box auto retailers…
Read MoreBangor Daily News Opposes Ballot Question 4
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall The Bangor Daily News Editorial Board published an editorial piece in which they urged Mainers to vote NO on ballot question 4. Mainers will be casting votes on this question on November 7. Proponents of ballot question 4 claim the law would enshrine a vehicle right to repair. After…
Read MoreASA DC Representative Bob Redding Discusses Data Access on ACRA Panel
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall ASA DC Representative Bob Redding spoke today on a panel hosted by the American Car Rental Association (ACRA) to discuss the vehicle data access issue. Speaking before national car rental executives in a conference room in the U.S. Capitol, Redding shared ASA’s position on right to repair, its track…
Read MoreEPA Excludes MVAC Fluid Recovery from Final Ruling on Hydrofluorocarbons
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall Yesterday, the EPA released its final rulemaking on the Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs): Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes under Section (h) of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020. Notably for automotive repairers, the regulation excludes any mention of the recovery/recycling/reclamation of MVAC (motor vehicle air conditioner)…
Read MoreCA Bureau of Automotive Repair Proposes Changes to “Tear Down” Disclosure Rules
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall California’s Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) has proposed amendments to the language and disclosure requirements in the state’s tear down disclosure regulations. BAR will hold a regulatory workshop open to the public on this proposal on October 19, 2023. Click here to read the proposed amendments. Click here to…
Read MoreASA Signs Letter Urging CT DMV Commissioner to Reconsider Interpretations of New Law
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall Today, ASA joined with five other organizations in sending a letter to Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle Commissioner Tony Guerrera. The letter respectfully urges Commissioner Guerrera to reconsider his interpretation of a new law passed by the state legislature – and in effect starting October 1, 2023 – intended…
Read MoreMaine House Committee Chair Opposes Referendum Question 4
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall Representative Tiffany Roberts (Dem, District 149) – House Chair of the Maine Legislature’s Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee – announced her opposition to referendum question 4 in a guest column in the Portland Press Herald. If approved, the ballot measure – which Mainers will have an opportunity…
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