On October 9, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) took a significant step toward enabling the large-scale ...

Companies that manufacture products bearing recyclability labels have received temporary relief from impending compliance obligations. On July 14, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern ...

The AV sections of the BUILD America 250 Act focus on commercial motor vehicles, which federal law defines as those with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 10,001 pounds ...

A new report by the U.S. Department of Energy provides a comprehensive assessment of the adequacy and reliability of the U.S. electric grid and warns that without urgent reforms and investment, the ...

Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the Secretary of Transportation is required to set fuel economy standards for ...

This week, U.S. Representatives Bob Latta and Debbie Dingell released the discussion draft of a new bill: the Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research in Vehicle Evolution (SELF DRIVE) Act ...

On March 16, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published two proposed rulemakings designed to ease the path for manufacturing autonomous vehicles and deploying them on public roads.

The Clean Air Act’s venue provision (42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1)) distinguishes between “nationally applicable” EPA actions, which are subject to review solely by the D.C. Circuit, and “locally or ...

On April 29, 2026, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) took a rare step: It issued a final decision ordering a recall of vehicle equipment—in this case, air bag inflators ...

Companies preparing to comply with California’s Senate Bill (SB) 253 and submit their first required disclosures in August 2026 have received an update this week from the California Air Resources ...

These proposed rulemakings are likely to be similar in concept to the other currently pending NHTSA rulemakings, as well as an earlier rulemaking finalized in 2022. Each such rulemaking updated ...