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Has Recent Automobile Innovation Impacted Automobile Manufacturers’ Avenues of Defense?

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Vehicles are more complex now, than ever, offering incredible and exciting technology, including self-driving features. But as innovation continues to rapidly change the automotive industry, can we expect the same innovation...more

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The Road Ahead – The Automated Vehicles Bill Becomes Law

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The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (the "Act") received royal assent on 20 May 2024, two days before the general election was announced and the wash-up period began for the now-dissolved Parliament....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CPPA Announces Investigation of Connected Vehicle Manufacturers’ Privacy Practices

Recently, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced its new initiative in investigating the data privacy practices of connected vehicle (CV) manufacturers and the related technologies. Generally, the CPPA will...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Cyber AI Chronicles III – The path to regulating AI

As with all other products and technologies, we can expect to see (and in fact already do see) the emergence of varying approaches to governance for artificial intelligence systems. Currently, AI oversight may be addressed...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Autonomous Akin Update - February 2023

Our newsletter reflects the focus of Akin Gump’s cross-practice autonomous systems and advanced mobility team on developments in the regulatory, policy, trade, intellectual property, and cybersecurity and privacy spaces....more

Hogan Lovells

Future of Mobility: Autonomous, Connected, Electric, Shared - Are you (still) in the driver's seat?

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Established companies are working to succeed in the current market while also preparing for a future that is very different from the business that characterized past decades. The challenges are profound in maintaining...more

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The Regulatory Fast Lane: Final Rule Updates Federal Safety Standards for Highly Automated Vehicles

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The Final Rule maintains the occupant protection performance required by the 200-Series FMVSS. It alters FMVSS definitions to accommodate emerging ADS technology and clarifies for manufacturers the application of particular...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Data Show Autonomous Cars May Drive More Safely than Human Drivers

IDTechEx, which provides market research on emerging technology, analyzed California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) autonomous vehicle collision reports. Per California regulation, every company testing autonomous...more

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Gesetz zum autonomen Fahren – Haftung, Datenschutz und Co.

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Der Bundesrat hat am 28. Mai 2021 dem vom Bundestag am 20. Mai 2021 verabschiedeten "Gesetz zum autonomen Fahren" (BT-Drucksache 19/27439) zugestimmt und damit die Voraussetzungen für den Einsatz von Kraftfahrzeugen mit...more

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Living Mobility Spotlight Q&A series - June 2021

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What is Living Mobility? It is easier to say what it is not. The automotive industry is no longer focused on the traditional vehicle. Not only are the vehicles changing but we are now focused on mobility: different modes of...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

A Look Back at Automotive & Mobility Financing Trends

Global funding for companies in the automotive and mobility sectors fell to $27.6 billion in 2020, a 5% decrease year-over-year, with 522 deals completed according to CB Insights’ recent report and webinar on the State of...more

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UK consults on rules for self-driving cars

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The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that a form of self-driving technology could be lawful on UK roads for the first time by the end of 2021. The technology enables drivers to hand over control of the...more

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Morgan Lewis Automotive & Mobility – Q1 2021

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Welcome to the 27th edition of our newsletter on developments in the automotive industry published by Morgan Lewis’s automotive and mobility team with contributions from lawyers in our offices around the globe. We counsel our...more

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KITT meets Spartacus

Who would be responsible if KITT, the supercar of the famous TV series, were to cause an accident: the company that produced the car, the driver or maybe KITT itself?...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

L’avvocato di Supercar

Chi dovrebbe pagare i danni se KITT, la mitica Supercar della serie TV, provocasse un incidente? L’azienda che produce la macchina, il guidatore o magari la stessa KITT?...more

Hogan Lovells

Living Mobility Spotlight Q&A series (UPDATED)

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What is Living Mobility? It is easier to say what it is not. The automotive industry is no longer focused on the traditional vehicle. Not only are the vehicles changing but we are now focused on mobility: different modes of...more

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How much can your car know about you? – EU guidelines on data protection and connected vehicles

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Cars today are able to keep us permanently plugged-in, while collecting and generating increasing amounts of information as a result of their interaction with the driver, passengers, pedestrians, other vehicles, road...more

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Flying Car Receives EASA Certification in Europe

PAL-V, the first flying car to be allowed on the road in Europe, is now also the first flying car to complete full certification with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). ...more

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Roadmap and milestones of German laws for autonomous vehicles

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There’s no stopping the automation of vehicle functions. OEMs’ technologies might not be progressing by leaps and bounds, but they are still evolving at a rapid pace. Not a week goes by when we don’t hear about things like...more

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Living Mobility Spotlight Q&A series

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What is Living Mobility? It is easier to say what it is not. The automotive industry is no longer focused on the traditional vehicle. Not only are the vehicles changing but we are now focused on mobility: different modes of...more

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DOE Loan Program: Where We Are and What to Expect Post-Election

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In the immediate aftermath of COVID-19, a Holland & Knight alert provided an overview of available federal funding options available to private sector energy companies, with a specific focus on those supporting innovative...more

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Columbus develops UTC to simplify EV adoption for fleets

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One of the goals of Smart Columbus is to “introduce 300 EVs [electric vehicles] into public fleets by 2020,” and the City of Columbus has created a Universal Term Contract (UTC) to facilitate the EV adoption process for...more

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NHTSA grants Nuro petition for temporary exemption

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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. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Drive.ai Introduces External Communication Panels to Talk to Public

Self-driving cars are inherently presented with a challenge—communicating with their surroundings. However, Drive.ai has attempted to address that challenge by equipping its self-driving cars with external communication...more

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3 Trends That Could Lead To More Auto Patent Litigation

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Historically, there has been relatively little patent litigation between automotive companies, particularly when compared to competitors in other industries, such as consumer electronics and pharmaceuticals. This was perhaps...more

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