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Rules, regulation, safety actions, and policy shifts shaping electric transportation.
American Battery Technology Company says black-mass sales are the majority of its total revenue and it has requested a BIS exception; the rule also allows interim temporary licenses, while the company's current relief status is not publicly established.
The longer-term policy was expected in June; an Aug. 21 snapshot still showed 9,437 first-period units unused, but the reviewed public rule surface does not yet specify how second-period access will be administered.
The central federal analysis still lands at a $90.3B net societal cost through 2050 and assumes 80% of ZEV purchasers would upgrade to Level 2 charging at an average modeled cost of about $4,160.
Tesla still describes current Robotaxi rides as Model Y-based and Cybercab rides as future, while Zoox’s recent commercial exemption covered parts of eight federal safety standards — not just brakes.
The federal investigation now spans 1.16 million mixed EV and gas vehicles after reports alleged brake-assist loss while moving, rather than only after the stop sequence GM previously described.