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CA Bill would Require Drivers in AV Trucks
International Trade Commission Investigation of Certain Vehicle Parts and Components A bill making its way through the California Legislature would require autonomous vehicles (AV) weighing over 10,001 pounds to have a licensed human driver on board while on California roads. This requirement would stay in place until at least 2031. Assembly Bill (AB) 316 passed…
Read MoreBill Requiring AM Radio in Cars Advances
International Trade Commission Investigation of Certain Vehicle Parts and Components Earlier today, the US Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee voted to advance a bill that would require all new vehicles to be manufactured with AM radio as a standard feature. The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023 (S. 1669) passed the committee…
Read MoreASA and Automakers Reach Landmark Agreement on Right-to-Repair
International Trade Commission Investigation of Certain Vehicle Parts and Components The Automotive Service Association, the Society of Collision Repair Specialists and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation – the trade group for automakers who manufacture 98% of all cars sold in the United States – have reached a landmark agreement that will add additional safeguards on…
Read MoreBill Mandating AM Radio in Cars Gains Momentum
International Trade Commission Investigation of Certain Vehicle Parts and Components H.R. 3413, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023, has quickly gained support since it was introduced in May of this year. It currently has 49 Democratic co-sponsors and 59 Republican co-sponsors, totaling 108 co-sponsors. Its companion in the Senate, S. 1669, has…
Read MoreSenators Warren and Markey Urge NHTSA to Reconsider Guidance on Mass Right-to-Repair Law
International Trade Commission Investigation of Certain Vehicle Parts and Components U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) released a statement urging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to reevaluate its guidance to automakers on compliance with Massachusetts’ right-to-repair law that went into effect on June 1, 2023. Last week, NHTSA sent a…
Read MoreNHTSA Proposes Allowing Public to Compare New Vehicles’ Pedestrian Crash Protections
International Trade Commission Investigation of Certain Vehicle Parts and Components The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed and seeks public comment on a regulation that would provide consumers information on the ability for vehicles to prevent collisions with pedestrians. The rule would be an update to NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program. The proposal…
Read MoreNHTSA Releases Updated Cybersecurity Guidelines for Modern Vehicles
International Trade Commission Investigation of Certain Vehicle Parts and Components Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a draft version of “Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Safety of Modern Vehicles”. This document is an updated version of a 2016 document of the same name and provides guidelines and recommendations from NHTSA to the…
Read MoreU.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Includes NHTSA Stakeholder Telematics Language
International Trade Commission Investigation of Certain Vehicle Parts and Components The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has released their bill for the FY 2021 budget. This bill allocates $25.6 billion for the Department of Transportation in discretionary budget authority. In the following explanatory document for this bill, the…
Read MoreU.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Revisit the Need for Federal Data Privacy Legislation
International Trade Commission Investigation of Certain Vehicle Parts and Components The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation convened today in a hearing to discuss the renewed need for federal data privacy legislation. The discussion focused heavily on California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) of 2018, which has been widely viewed as the most progressive…
Read MoreWhite House Announces First Day of USMCA into Force
International Trade Commission Investigation of Certain Vehicle Parts and Components Per the White House: Today, Wednesday, July 1, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) enters into force. More North American Auto Content: Under USMCA’s rules vehicles must be built with at least 75 percent of parts made in North America in order to qualify for zero…
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