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On January 24, the Speeding and Fatality Emergency Reduction on California Streets (SAFER California Streets) Package was introduced in an effort to increase safety on California roads.
Waymo has filed a request to the California Public Utilities Commission to expand robotaxi service in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area regions.
Automotive Group Leader Aaron Jacoby and Counsel Gordon Sung authored an article in the Daily Journal providing their insights on the Dec. 1, 2023 California Public Utilities Commission Order to Show Cause that was issued to a well-known robotaxi operator in San Francisco, the first step in levying unprecedented sanctions against the company for alleged reporting omissions related to an Oct. 2, 2023 driverless operations incident involving a pedestrian.
Sales of battery-electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S. may have climbed above the one million unit mark this year but there’s evidence they’re stalled at base camp rather than sprinting to new sales summits.
On November 8, 2023, nearly thirty (30) labor groups including the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United Auto Workers (“Labor Groups”) sent a letter to the Secretary of Transportation and the Acting Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”)
On November 9, 2023, the AFS Electric Mobility team will address a plenary session of the Electric Vehicle Tech symposium at the Advanced Design and Manufacturing conference in Toronto, Canada.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state.
The Battery Show, now in its 14th year, is billed as “the most comprehensive advanced battery manufacturing event” in the world.
Governor Gavin Newsom is on the spot.
ArentFox Schiff represented Nicholas Alexander Imports on the sale of its Nick Alexander BMW and Nick Alexander MINI dealerships to Car Pros Automotive Group.
ArentFox Schiff advised Bob Baker Auto Group on the sale of its San Diego dealerships consisting of: Bob Baker Hyundai and Genesis; Bob Baker Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, and Fiat; Bob Baker Mazda; Bob Baker Subaru; and Bob Baker Volkswagen.
ArentFox Schiff successfully advised Dalia Auto Group with the sale of a Kia dealership in Palmdale after litigating for more than a year in federal court and before California’s New Motor Vehicle Board against Kia to preserve the franchise.
We’re definitely not in Kansas anymore! Click your Waymo One app and take a ride to the future. On Aug. 10, in a milestone decision, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the state’s regulator for self-driving taxis (colloquially, “robotaxis”) authorized Cruise LLC and Waymo LLC, two
California dealers must remember that California law is very strict when it comes to the collecting of the Electronic Vehicle Registration or Transfer Charge.
California regulators have cleared Cruise LLC and Waymo LLC to offer San Francisco customers rides in self-driving vehicles at any time of day.
Car sellers and car buyers confronted a whole host of challenges in the pandemic, and now it’s clear that some of the challenges are here to stay. ‘Normal is not our benchmark anymore.’
Generative AI is already an integral part of the automotive industry, playing a significant role in enhancing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and making it possible for drivers to interact with their vehicles.
Ola Källenius says Mercedes-Benz will own the future of luxury electric cars; investing $45 billion to shift all of the brand’s powertrains to electric by 2030.
Mercedes-Benz USA received approval to be the first company to sell to consumers in California vehicles equipped with an automated driving system.
ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that 70 attorneys were recognized as leaders in their field and 24 practices spanning the firm’s litigation, regulatory, and transactional capabilities were ranked in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA.
Ford executives provided highlights of what to expect from the 120-year-old automaker, ranging from where costs will be cut to how profits will be generated apart from car sales, in the first major in-person Capital Markets Day event since 2016.
The Biden administration is proposing rules to ensure that two-thirds of new cars and a quarter of new heavy trucks sold in the U.S. by 2032 are all-electric.
ArentFox Schiff represented Envision Motors in its acquisition of three of Mercedes-Benz dealerships in the Sacramento metropolitan area.
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