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Maine 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…
Read MoreHearing in U.S. House Held on Autonomous Trucks
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, held a hearing on autonomous heavy-duty vehicles. Elected officials on the committee heard testimony from and asked questions directed towards the following witnesses: Chris Urmson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Innovation,…
Read MoreCA Legislature Sends Bill Requiring Humans in Self-Driving Trucks to Governor
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall Yesterday, the California State Senate passed Assembly Bill 316 by a 36-2 margin. AB 316 would require heavy duty vehicles on California roads to have a licensed human in the vehicle while the vehicle is in operation. With the bill’s passage in the senate and its previous 69-4 passage…
Read MoreASA DC Representative Pens Editorial on New R2R Agreement
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall Vehicle Service Pros has published a guest editorial authored by ASA DC Representative Ben Sharp. In the article, Ben explains how the new agreement that ASA reached with SCRS and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation ensures independent automotive repair shops have access to the data, systems, and tools needed…
Read MoreU.S. House Committee Advances Bills that would curtail Biden Admin EV and Emissions Goals
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee approved two pieces of legislation that would derail a significant component of the Biden Administration’s goals of reducing auto emissions by boosting electric vehicles (EV). H.R. 1435, The Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act, sponsored by Rep. Joyce (R-PA), would ban the…
Read MoreBill Requiring AM Radio in Cars Advances
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall 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 by a nearly unanimous…
Read MoreASA and Automakers Reach Landmark Agreement on Right-to-Repair
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall 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 automotive right-to-repair. This agreement…
Read MoreBill Mandating AM Radio in Cars Gains Momentum
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall 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 9 Democratic cosponsors and…
Read MoreOfficials Discuss Automotive Right-to-Repair at Congressional Hearing
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 2024 fiscal year budget. The FTC’s commissioners testified before the subcommittee. Several Congressional members of the committee brought up right-to-repair during the proceedings, as…
Read MoreUS Senate Hearing on Vehicle Emission Standards
NHTSA Issues Takata Air Bag Recall Hearing: Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Climate, Clean Air and Nuclear Safety WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 2:30 PM ET, U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Climate, Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, will hold a hearing on…
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