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No roadside warning triangle for automated trucks
As discussed in a Federal Register notice published March 3, 2023, FMCSA is seeking comment on an exemption request filed by Waymo and...

Dale Kardos
Mar 8, 20231 min read
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Noncompliance Penalties
On January 6, 2023, the Department of Transportation published a notice in the Federal Register listing 2023 civil penalty amounts that...

Dale Kardos
Jan 6, 20231 min read
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Clean Vehicle Tax Credit Guidance
Clean Vehicle Tax Credit Guidance (IR-2022-218 ) – On December 12, 2022, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service issued a...

Dale Kardos
Dec 14, 20222 min read
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Replica Motor Vehicle Exemption Program
NHTSA has finalized requirements for a new exemption program for replica motor vehicles manufactured or imported by low-volume...

Richard Colley
Mar 8, 20221 min read
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EPA 2020 Automotive Trends Report
This week, EPA released it 2020 Automotive Trends Report which is the agency’s annual report that provides the public with information...

Richard Colley
Jan 8, 20211 min read
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EPA Heavy Duty Engine Test Procedures NPRM
On May 12, 2020, the EPA published an NPRM in the Federal Register proposing changes to the test procedures for heavy-duty engines and...

Richard Colley
May 12, 20201 min read
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NHTSA grants first exemption petition for an automated vehicle
NHTSA has decided to grant Nuro, Inc. a temporary exemption from three requirements of FMVSS No. 500 for a highly automated low speed...

Richard Colley
Feb 10, 20201 min read
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Replica Motor Vehicles
On Jan. 7, 2020, NHTSA published an NPRM in the Federal Register requesting comment on a proposed new Part 586 that, in response to a...

Richard Colley
Jan 16, 20201 min read
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FMVSS 141 – Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
NHTSA has issued a new draft compliance test procedure for FMVSS 141. Available documents include Draft Test Procedure , Draft Appendix...

Richard Colley
Dec 3, 20181 min read
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Fuel Economy and GHG Performance
On Jan. 11, 2018, EPA issued two annual reports that provide information on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions from light duty...

Richard Colley
Jan 12, 20181 min read
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Autonomous Vehicle Policy
In the Feb. 10, 2017 hearing memo prepared by the House Energy & Commerce Committee Majority Staff, it was reported that, in January,...

Richard Colley
Feb 22, 20172 min read
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Trump’s NHTSA
I am in the regulatory affairs business so every year around this time, I put together a list of NHTSA regulations that I think will be...

Richard Colley
Dec 28, 20163 min read
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Increased NHTSA Penalties
Increased NHTSA Penalties – On July 5, 2016, NHTSA published an interim final rule in the Federal Register updating the maximum civil...

Richard Colley
Jul 5, 20161 min read
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