According to a report in Reuters, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is reaching out to Congress in an attempt to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s move to finalize the mid-term review of the escalating emission requirements that will affect the automobile industry through 2025. According to the report, the Auto Alliance, that represents 12 […]
NADA Blasts EPA for Rush on 2025 Emissions Standards
Dealer association says EPA’s rush to final emission standards will make personal transportation more expensive and delay purchases of cleaner, safer vehicles. The National Automobile Dealership Association (NADA) President Peter Welch last week issued a statement in response to the EPA’s decision to finalize 2015 emission standards. “Washington today decided to make new cars and trucks more expensive […]
European Commission Releases Connected, Automated Mobility Strategy
Commission aims to begin deployment in 2019. The Automotive Service Association reported that on Nov. 30, the European Commission (EC) released a strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS). The strategy offers step-by-step guidance for coordinated deployment of connected and automated vehicles across the European Union. The initial phase, which is slated to begin in […]
Ohio Adopts Rules Requiring Registration Number on Estimates and Invoices
The Ohio Board of Motor Vehicle Repair (OBMVR), charged with registering businesses which conduct collision repair, auto glass repair and replacement, airbag repair and replacement, paintless dent repair and window film installation, recently enacted two new rules designed to educate the public on registered repair facilities. The first rule involves the issuance of a window […]
EPA Proposing to Keep Vehicle Emissions Standards in Place Through 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator seeks to secure greenhouse gas emission standards for MY 2022-2025 vehicles before Obama Administration leaves office. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy yesterday shocked the automotive industry by proposing to leave greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model years 2022-2025 in place. The proposal was not […]
UK Insurance Association Calls for International Crash Data Standards for Autonomous Vehicles
Association of British Insurers and Thatcham call for standardized data set to help with liability assignment after a crash by an autonomous vehicle and to improve vehicle manufacturer systems. British insurers are leading efforts to have a standard set of data agreed at an international level which would be easily available in the event of […]
U.S. House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Self-Driving Cars
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) reports that on Tuesday, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held a hearing titled, “Disrupter Series: Self-Driving Cars.” The hearing is the latest in a series that is examining the effects of federal policy on emerging technologies. During the hearing, members addressed the […]
ASA Washington Representative Details Possible Impacts on Industry from Leadership Change in Washington
From possibly repealing regulations to setting important policy on the future of autonomous vehicles, auto safety, and insurance regulation, large questions loom for the collision repair industry. The results of the U.S. Presidential and Congressional elections last week promise a significant change in direction for the business community given President-elect Trump’s stated intention to review […]
NHTSA Sets ‘Quiet Car’ Safety Standard to Protect Pedestrians
Regulator adds requirement for hybrid and electric vehicles to have audible alert to help prevent 2,400 pedestrian injuries a year. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it is adding a sound requirement for all newly manufactured hybrid and electric light-duty vehicles to help protect pedestrians. The new federal […]
New Law Gives California OSHA More Punch
The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is preparing to carry out AB 1127, which was signed into law by Governor Davis on Oct. 6, 1999. Authored by Assembly member Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), the bill makes statutory changes in the Cal/OSHA, effective Jan. 1, 2000. “AB 1127 will greatly […]