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CAPA Joins List of Groups Applauding Executive Order Promoting Right to Repair

July 13, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA), the independent non-profit standard-setting and certification organization for automotive collision repair crash parts, applauds President Biden’s executive order designed to promote competition in the U.S. economy. The order encourages the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue new rules promoting a “right to repair”- which allows consumers the ability to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Certified Automotive Parts Association, Regulations, Right to Repair

President Biden Issues Executive Order on Competition That Supports Right to Repair

July 12, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Automotive aftermarket groups support measure that would prohibit manufacturers from restricting third-party and self-repair of products. President Biden signed a sweeping executive order designed to promote competition in the U.S. economy that includes 72 directives to more than a dozen government agencies that the Administration said is designed to promote the interests of American workers, […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Regulations, Right to Repair

Auto Care Association Comments on Biden Right to Repair Announcement

July 9, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Last week the Biden Administration announced its intention to issue an Executive Order directing the Department of Agriculture to address right to repair concerns for tractors and calling on the Federal Trade Commission to address repair barriers that are erected by manufacturers, specifically citing mobile phones. While the Order has yet to be released, the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Biden Administration, Regulations, Right to Repair

NHTSA Orders Crash Reporting for ADAS and Automated Driving System Equipped Vehicles

June 30, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Agency uses authority to gather additional information necessary to increase transparency and improve safety of new and emerging in-vehicle technologies. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it exercised its authority by issuing a Standing General Order requiring manufacturers and operators of vehicles equipped with SAE Level 2 advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) or […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Autonomous Vehicles, NHTSA, Regulations

U.S. Department of Transportation Includes Automatic Emergency Braking Requirement in Spring Regulatory Agenda

June 15, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Regulation would replace 2015 voluntary agreement. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on June 11 announced the Department’s portions of the Unified Agenda (also known as the Spring Regulatory Agenda) identifying the actions the Department plans to take over the next year and beyond. The portion of the regulatory agenda addressing roadway safety proposes to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, AEB, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Regulations, U.S. DOT

FTC Report to Congress Examines Anti-Competitive Repair Restrictions

May 7, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Nixing the Fix Report

Report recommends ways to expand consumers’ repair options, including more enforcement, and use of voluntary agreements between manufacturers and independent repairers. In a new report to Congress, the Federal Trade Commission identifies numerous types of repair restrictions across industries such as mobile phones and automobiles. Concerns raised in the report and by proponents of an […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, CAR Coalition, Federal Trade Commission, legislation, LKQ Corporation, Non-OEM Parts, Regulations, Right to Repair, Safelite

Auto Manufacturers Association Recommends NHTSA Include Crash Avoidance in Safety Ratings

April 23, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Auto Innovators NCAP Recommendations 2021

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation announced recommendations to modernize the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), the program that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) uses to convey safety information to consumers. According to the association, NCAP currently rates the crashworthiness of cars, but does not rate advanced crash avoidance technologies like automatic emergency braking […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Crash Avoidance, New Car Assessment Program, NHTSA, Regulations

NHTSA Proposes to Restore Ability for States to Set Own Greenhouse Gas Standards for Autos

April 23, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The U.S. Department of Transportation yesterday proposed to withdraw its portions of the so-called SAFE I Rule, which sought to preempt States, including California, from issuing their own greenhouse gas emissions standards and zero-emissions vehicle mandates. The proposed action would establish a clean slate, enabling the Department to further the Biden Administration’s fuel economy, equity, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fuel Economy, NHTSA, Regulations

Governors Highway Safety Association Report on Distracted Driving Deaths Increase Identifies Need to Strengthen Laws and Enforcement

February 24, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) today announced the release of the inaugural Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) report, Using Electronic Devices While Driving: Legislation and Enforcement Implications, published this morning by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Transportation Research Board (TRB) and funded through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Distracted Driving, Governors Highway Safety Association, Regulations

Auto Industry Pledges to Work with Biden Administration to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

February 2, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The U.S. auto industry is aligned with the Biden Administration’s goals to achieve net-zero carbon transportation and an accelerated shift to electric-drive vehicles, and is committed to working with the administration on a revised national program that includes California, brings all automakers under a unified set of common requirements and ensures a level, competitive playing […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Emissions, Regulations

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