Part 4: Modeled Manufacturer’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy for Fleet Compliance to Standard On August 2, 2018, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly published the Safer Affordable...

Menlo Innovations CEO Rich Sheridan became disillusioned in the middle of his career in the chaotic technology industry. He had an all-consuming thought…things can be better. Much better. He had to find a way. Why couldn’t a workplace be filled with...

Part 3: Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of ZEV by EPCA On August 2, 2018, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly published the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE)...

Part 2: Key Elements of the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026 On August 2, 2018, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly published the Safer...

A Summary of the CAR Book of Deals Annual Report Since 2002, the Center for Automotive Research’s Book of Deals database has served as the definitive inventory of North American automaker and supplier investment announcements. This proprietary database...

We’re in a new era of rapid advances in vehicle technologies. Safety, mobility, and convenience benefits are spurring the development, for example, of connected and automated vehicles or CAVs. Sure, the cars of the future sound cool, but what will they...

Richard Wallace retired from the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) at the end of March 2019. Wallace, who most recently served as Vice President of CAR’s Transportation Systems Analysis group, will continue to work with CAR as a consultant and will...

President Donald Trump’s threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border to all trade would have an almost immediate and devastating impact on U.S. automotive and auto parts production and employment. The North American auto industry is highly integrated, and U.S....

Future cities will likely be dominated by automated, connected, electrified, and shared (ACES) vehicles. According to The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) research, by 2035 there will be worldwide adoption of robotaxis and automated shuttles in mixed...