Audrey LaForest

As automakers and suppliers develop and deploy wireless technologies, they want the Biden administration to keep the industry in mind as its demand for radio frequency spectrum rapidly grows.

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation in March launched an investigation into about 238,000 2022-23 Honda Civics after 145 complaints alleging a momentary increase in steering effort, described as ‘sticky steering.' Now the agency is expanding that safety probe.

The 'foreign entity of concern' guidance gives automakers certainty as they invest billions in domestic EV and battery manufacturing. However, the interpretation likely will further slash the number of EVs that qualify for a credit as soon as next year.

In a letter sent Tuesday, the dealerships urged Biden to "slow down," citing an EPA proposal from April that could push battery-powered vehicles to 60 percent of new-vehicle sales by the 2030 model year and 67 percent by 2032.

Honda's recall covers the 2023-24 Honda Accord and HR-V, while NHTSA's investigation covers the 2019 Ford Expedition.

Under California's Advanced Clean Cars II regulation, automakers would need to ensure 43 percent of their annual production volume by the 2027 model year is made up of zero-emission vehicles.

All eight vehicles were parked and turned off when the fires occurred, while six of the vehicles were connected to EV chargers.

The Federal Highway Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, said the rule adds a new method for measuring and reporting greenhouse gases associated with transportation and allows states to track performance.

NHTSA will review eight recalls from each of the two automakers that involve antilock braking system modules or hydraulic electronic control units made by South Korean supplier Mando.

In a federal document slated to be published Monday, NHTSA said it was scrapping its 2017 proposal because of the emergence of new technologies such as cellular vehicle-to-everything, or C-V2X, and a Federal Communications Commission decision in 2020 to split a key spectrum band that was long reserved for automakers.

The recall covers certain 2016 and 2018-19 Honda Pilot, 2017 and 2019 Ridgeline and 2018-19 Odyssey vehicles. It also covers two models from the Japanese automaker's luxury brand, Acura: the 2015-20 TLX and 2016-20 MDX.

In separate letters sent Wednesday to 10 companies — including Baidu, AutoX, Didi Chuxing, Nio, Pony.ai and XPeng — the lawmakers asked for details on the type of information collected by AVs deployed in the U.S., how long that data is kept and whether it is shared or sold.

The NTSB issued the recommendation after determining a deadly crash in suburban Las Vegas was caused by excessive speeding, drug-impaired driving and Nevada's failure to hold the driver accountable despite numerous speeding citations.

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation said it received 13 complaints alleging incidents of power loss in 2016-17 Kia Sorento vehicles equipped with 3.3-liter engines, referred to as "Lambda II."

The California Air Resources Board has adopted a set of requirements that add transparency and uniformity to electric vehicle diagnostic data such as a driver-accessible display of the battery's state of health and charging speed.