Issues
Yesterday, a federal judge ruled against the Alliance for Automotive Innovation’s motion to block the enforcement of Massachusetts’ right-to-repair legislation passed by voters in a referendum in 2020. AAI argued that the law shouldn’t take affect until after the federal lawsuit against the law is resolved. With the court’s ruling, the law will be enforced…
Today, the EPA received a letter signed by 151 Republican members of the U.S. House. The letter urged the EPA to rescind its proposed rule that would create more stringent tail pipe emissions regulations for light and medium-heavy vehicles. If enacted, the rule would increasingly cap the amount of carbon dioxide a vehicle may emit…
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Friday approved new regulations that will eventually remove all gas-powered trucks and buses from the state’s roads. In keeping with California’s zero-emission goals, the Advanced Clean Fleets rule will end sales of medium and heavy-duty combustion trucks in California by 2036. The rule sets benchmarks for the percentage…
ASA leads panel on new EV laws as alt-fueling stations nearly double since 2020 Last week, ASA’s Washington, D.C. representative, Robert L. Redding, Jr., moderated a panel at the Collision Industry Conference (CIC) in Richmond, VA on the electric vehicle (EV) provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs…
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 did some of the commissioners. In…
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 the economic and environmental impacts of…
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed rules that would significantly lower automotive emissions. Click here to read the EPA’s official press release on the proposal. Key provisions include: Fleet average of no more than 82 grams of carbon/mile (light duty cars and trucks and medium duty vehicles) Fleet average of no more…
The European Union Parliament held the first of three votes needed to pass legislation that would amend its Data Act to account for vehicle data access. The legislation passed that first round vote. If it were to pass the next two rounds, it would change EU law to allow drivers to access the data their…
The Texas State Senate’s Business & Commerce Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill (SB) 1083 on Tuesday. SB 1083 would mandate insurance companies to: Require the use of the part, product, or repair process used by the OEM or distributor to repair the vehicle for cars owned for LESS than 36 months and new at the…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a report detailing crashes involving motorists in 2021. The increase in crashes from 2020 to 2021 outpaced the increase in vehicles on the road for the same time period. In 2021, 42,939 people were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes, a 10% increase from the 39,007 fatalities…