On March 10, 2022, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a first-of-its-kind final rule amending occupant protection-related Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) to account for automated...more
The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a Standing General Order on June 29, 2021, requiring manufacturers and operators of vehicles equipped with Level 2 advanced driver assistance systems...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released an update to the agency's policy regarding autonomous vehicles on January 11, 2021. The policy, the Automated Vehicles Comprehensive Plan (The Plan), builds on three...more
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the Department of Transportation is seeking public comment on the development of a framework to govern the safety of automated driving systems (ADS). NHTSA...more
Public policy has a significant and direct impact on businesses in the Transportation and Mobility area. Those businesses are highly regulated in the U.S. but are global in scope and the technology deployed is evolving...more
11/20/2020
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For the first time, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) grants petition for temporary exemption for an electric vehicle with an automated driving system – the Nuro R2X.
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2/13/2020
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Science and Technology Council released an update to the DOT's policy regarding autonomous vehicles on 8 January 2020. The document, "Ensuring American Leadership...more
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) yesterday each issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding the removal of regulatory...more
5/29/2019
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has released an update to the agency's policy document on autonomous vehicles.
The document, Automated Vehicles 3.0: Preparing for the Future of Transportation (AV 3.0), is a...more
In this hoganlovells.com interview, Joanne Rotondi, a partner in the Hogan Lovells Washington, D.C. office, and Sabine Chromek, a senior associate in the firm’s Munich office, discuss recent regulatory impacts on auto...more