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ASA Signs Letter Opposing the Raise the Wage Act of 2021
NHTSA Announces Effort to Modernize Vehicle Lighting Standards This morning, ASA signed onto a letter sent by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) to the U.S. Congress opposing the Raise the Wage Act of 2021. This legislation, if passed, would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next five years.…
Read MoreASA Urges the U.S. Congress to Pursue Autonomous Vehicle Legislation
NHTSA Announces Effort to Modernize Vehicle Lighting Standards Today, the Coalition for Future Mobility (CFM), a group that includes the Automotive Service Association and 44 other auto industry stakeholders, sent a letter to the U.S. Congress encouraging the support of autonomous vehicle (AV) legislation this year. In the letter, CFM urged the U.S. Congress to…
Read MoreAutomakers Withdrawal from California Emissions Litigation
NHTSA Announces Effort to Modernize Vehicle Lighting Standards The Coalition for Sustainable Automotive Regulation (CSAR), a coalition of automakers including Toyota Motor Corp., Fiat Chrysler, and Hyundai, announced this morning their withdrawal from an emissions lawsuit between California and the federal government. The group of automakers have been defending the federal government in their petition…
Read MoreOSHA Releases New COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance
NHTSA Announces Effort to Modernize Vehicle Lighting Standards Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new guidance on mitigating and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. These guidelines come after President Joe Biden’s January 21 executive order on “Protecting Worker Health and Safety”. The new guidelines include a recommendation to…
Read MoreAnalysis: Electric Vehicle Adoption
NHTSA Announces Effort to Modernize Vehicle Lighting Standards The Biden administration has made it clear that environmental reform and fighting climate change will be a top policy issue for the next four years. A central tenet of new environmental policy is likely to be a push for electric and zero-emission vehicles. Read an analysis of…
Read MorePresident Biden Signs Executive Order on the Climate Crisis
NHTSA Announces Effort to Modernize Vehicle Lighting Standards President Biden signed today an “Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad”. This executive order is the first step in the Biden administration’s sweeping plans for environmental reform over the next four years. In the order, President Biden reiterates his goal of for…
Read MoreBiden Administration Announces New Department of Transportation Appointees
NHTSA Announces Effort to Modernize Vehicle Lighting Standards On Thursday, the Biden Administration announced a slate of new appointments to the Department of Transportation (DOT). The majority of these announcements are deputy positions that do not require Senate confirmation and allow employees to get to work right away. Notable appointments include Steve Cliff, a former…
Read MoreNHTSA Exempts Vintage Car Copies from FMVSS Standards
NHTSA Announces Effort to Modernize Vehicle Lighting Standards The National Highway Transportation Safety Association (NHTSA) published a final rule this week exempting 325 motor vehicles per year from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). The motor vehicles exempted must be copies of vintage cars produced by small manufacturers. To read the ruling, click here. Categories…
Read MoreNHTSA Finalizes Rule to Modernize Driverless Vehicle Safety Standards
NHTSA Announces Effort to Modernize Vehicle Lighting Standards The National Highway Transportation Safety Association (NHTSA) published a final rule today that is intended to streamline innovation of autonomous vehicles by making it easier to manufacture and test new vehicle technology. The final rule clarifies some ambiguities within the agency vehicle safety standards, such as the…
Read MoreSBA Opening PPP Loans to All Lenders January 19
NHTSA Announces Effort to Modernize Vehicle Lighting Standards This week, the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) opened access to Community Financial Institutions (CFIs). In a statement released today, the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the opening of second round PPP loans to all eligible lenders. The second round of the PPP…
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