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Foley Automotive Update - August 2024 - 2

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A number of auto suppliers are reducing R&D and engineering budgets in response to cost pressures, according to a report in Crain’s Detroit. Declining automotive plant capacity utilization in the U.S. is expected to be a...more

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Foley Automotive Update - January 2023 - 2

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This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Foley & Lardner LLP Partner Nicholas Ellis is quoted in the Automotive...more

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Foley Automotive Report - June 2022 - 2

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Foley & Lardner launched a Supply Chain Disruption Series to help clients navigate a range...more

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NHTSA finalizes MY2024-2026 Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

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On May 2, 2022, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published their new, stronger, corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for model years (MY) 2024-2026 originally announced April 1. The final...more

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Foley Automotive Report - January 2022 - 2

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Although some feared a wave of pandemic-related Chapter 11 cases, the...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - December 2021 - 3

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Foley & Lardner partners assessed the recent federal appeals court...more

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DOT's Consideration of Auto Emergency Braking Requirement for New Trucks

On June 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that new federal laws requiring automatic emergency braking systems in both large commercial trucks and buses are intended to be passed. Specifically,...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - October 2021

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key developments - U.S. new light-vehicle sales in September are forecast to reach a...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - September 2021 - 5

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key developments - LMC Automotive revised its global light vehicle forecast to 80 million...more

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Biden-Harris Administration Actions Boost EV Opportunities

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August 2021 proved to be a busy month for stakeholders in the electric vehicle (EV) sector. Between US President Joseph Biden's August 5 executive order to encourage the development of EVs and $15 billion in funds earmarked...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - September 2021 - 3

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key developments - Aptiv estimates the auto industry could experience a third quarter...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - August 2021 - 3

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - New vehicle prices increased 6.4% in the last 12 months, representing...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - August 2021 - 2

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - U.S. new light vehicle sales in July fell to an estimated SAAR of 14.5...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - July - 2

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Production downtime during July and August has been scheduled for five GM...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - June 2021 - 3

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - The latest “Car Wars” report from BofA predicts automakers will launch...more

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Foley Weekly Automotive Report - April 2021 - 4

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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Due to the semiconductor shortage, Stellantis will reduce shifts through the end of May at...more

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Automated Driving Regulation: Three Big Issues as the Federal Government Edges Forward

Mobility stakeholders are eager to learn how the Biden Administration will approach automated driving systems (ADS), including to what extent this approach may differ from that of the Trump Administration. We may learn in the...more

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Navigating the Road Ahead … Are You Ready?

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Current trends show that technological advances and changing consumer behavior will result in mass market adoption of electric and autonomous vehicles within 10 years. To enable this reality and provide certainty for...more

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Taking the Wheel: Industry’s Opportunity to Lead Autonomous Vehicle Innovation

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The Situation: While legislation regulating self-driving cars has stalled in the U.S. Senate, the Department of Transportation ("DOT") continues to promote development and deployment of autonomous vehicles for testing. The...more

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Whose Fault is it Anyway? The Show Where the Points Don’t Matter and the Rules are Made Up

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With the prevalence and advancements of autonomous vehicles continuously gaining traction, many are left wondering what this will mean for society as a whole, including changes to infrastructure and how we interact with our...more

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Can Self Driving Cars Provide Cities a New Way to Understand Road Conditions?

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If you happen to drive, ride a bus, take the train, or hop in the occasional Uber or Lyft, you’ve likely experienced the deteriorating nature of roads and general infrastructure throughout the United States. Often littered...more

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DOT and EPA Release Proposal to Roll Back Obama-era Emissions Standards for Automobiles

On August 2, 2018, the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) and the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued two related, proposed rulemakings, which together comprise...more

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US EPA and DOT Proposal to Freeze Fuel Economy Standards for 2021-2026

On Thursday, August 2, 2018, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jointly proposed a rule to freeze the fuel...more

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Protecting IP, Finding Investors, Navigating Legislation Drive Discussion at Foley’s Emerging Automotive Technologies Program

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Fully connected and self-driving cars are here. Improvements to alternative energy sources for vehicles continue to advance at a rapid pace. The automotive industry is potentially facing dramatic new legal and regulatory...more

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Straight Talks: Autonomous regulations around the world

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With autonomous cars creating historic disruption in the automotive industry, some countries are reassessing regulations while trying to seize market leadership. Policymakers and industry players in the U.S. are collaborating...more

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