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Rules, regulation, safety actions, and policy shifts shaping electric transportation.
The federal filing says high battery charge, low temperatures and prolonged regenerative braking can trigger overcharge and electric-drive shutdown; dealer software updates are planned with owner notices beginning Oct. 18.
The campaign lists 526 Grand Cherokee PHEVs and one Grand Wagoneer L PHEV; FCA says dealers will reprogram the radio-frequency hub software, with VIN lookup scheduled for Sept. 9.
Reuters reports Sen. Rick Scott and Rep. John Moolenaar joined the criticism, while The Wall Street Journal says Ford CEO Jim Farley personally rejected Duffy’s characterization.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the judgment against Lucid’s constitutional challenge to Texas’s manufacturer-dealer restriction; two concurring judges said precedent controlled while questioning how comfortably it fits a non-franchised EV maker.
The bill has only cleared Senate Commerce; the committee-approved Moreno substitute would cover four named countries and preserves conditional Commerce authorizations, while today’s BIS rule is already in force.
Reuters says the agency is asking whether temporary human-driver controls factored into certification, whether occupants can move the vehicle by touchscreen, and what speed, geographic or time restrictions apply.
The government now targets Jan. 1, 2027 for the authority and says a third environmental-rule violation within five years would trigger a minimum fine of at least 0.5% of annual net revenue; the reviewed official sources do not yet establish the announced penalty changes as effective law.
The FY2026–2030 roadmap keeps existing federal safety standards and exemptions in force today, while NHTSA works on objective automated-driving-system performance standards and updated voluntary guidance.
The preliminary injunction targets EPA’s 2026 move to treat four older waivers as Congressional Review Act rules; it does not on its face restore California’s separately disapproved 2035 ZEV waiver.
Texas still licenses non-exempt electrical work, but state guidance also has an owner-occupant exemption and local rules can override it, so the change should not be framed as a blanket statewide DIY-charger ban.
The Aug. 29 code applies only when Portland funds customer-side charging, requires EVITP or equivalent certification, and exempts single-family homes, townhouses and multifamily buildings with four or fewer units.
NHTSA says certain 2022–2026 Airs have an exterior-lighting circuit that may overheat; Lucid released a free over-the-air software update, and owner letters are expected Oct. 16.
Four regulators say key local manufacturers should report self-audit fixes by the end of December; the notice also tells companies that find defects to file recall plans, but China’s underlying recall duty predates this campaign.
CEO Ryan Melsert said the company is holding black mass onsite while Commerce reviews its exception request, but other recycling byproduct sales are continuing and the stored amount is not disclosed.
Global Affairs Canada’s Sept. 11 EICS snapshot moves first-year utilization to 15,763; the new 160-unit September entry is quota utilization, not a brand, permit, shipment or retail-sales count.
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.
NHTSA’s Sept. 4 Audit Query now gives Tesla’s Cybercab self-certification a vehicle-specific federal record, but the inquiry has not established noncompliance and the no-pedal brake rule remains unfinished.
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.