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Tesla's “Nuclear” Verdict: Potential Impacts on Autonomous Truck Technology

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On August 1, 2025, a Florida jury returned a verdict totaling $243,000,000 against Tesla, Inc. in the consolidated cases Neima Benavides v. Tesla and Dillon Angulo v. Tesla. These cases caught public attention because of the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Autonomous Trucking Developments: AVs Continue to Expand Freight Operations

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On July 30, 2025, Aurora Innovation, an autonomous vehicle (AV) technology company, announced that it has commenced full driverless nighttime operations on its Dallas-to-Houston freight lane, expanding its autonomous trucking...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Commerce Department Announces New Section 232 Investigation on Trucks and Truck Parts and Sets Deadline for Comments in Section...

On April 23, 2025, the Commerce Department announced a new investigation initiated pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. This is the fourth Section 232 investigation announced in April 2025, following...more

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Trump Administration Initiates New Section 232 Probe on Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks and Truck Parts

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On April 23, 2025, the Trump Administration issued a pre-publication federal register notice scheduled to be published on April 25, 2025. The notice seeks public comments following the April 22, 2025, initiation of an...more

Perkins Coie

CARB's Rejection of Low-NoX Alternative When Adopting Advance Clean Trucks Regulation Did Not Violate CEQA

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In California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition v. State Air Resources Board, 105 Cal. App. 5th 304 (2024), the court upheld the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation (“Regulation”), holding that the California Air Resources Board did...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Nebraska Attorney General Leads Multi-State Coalitions to Challenge Electric Truck Mandates

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Nebraska Attorney General (AG) Mike Hilgers is leading multi-state coalitions in two lawsuits aimed at challenging the Biden Administration and the State of California’s electric vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators...more

Venable LLP

The On-Ramp: An Autonomous, Connected, and Electric Mobility Newsletter - May 2024

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Welcome to The On-Ramp, the newsletter published by Venable's Autonomous and Connected Mobility Team. The On-Ramp explores legal and policy developments in the world of autonomous vehicles, smart infrastructure, emerging...more

ArentFox Schiff

US Trade Rules Playing Larger Role for Manufacturers of Trucks and Truck Parts Tariffs and Geopolitics: Dual Challenges...

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Trade tensions between Washington and US trading partners, notably China, have complicated many supply chain decisions — what to buy, from where, made by whom, and at what tariff cost. Recent statements from senior Biden...more

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Truck Dealers: The Forgotten Child - Why Encroachment Protection Is Not a One-Size-Fits-All Proposition

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Franchise laws, indeed, the entire automotive industry, are focused primarily on the passenger motor vehicle market – and nowhere is this more obvious than in the area of encroachment protection. The commercial truck...more

Alston & Bird

California Marches on with Ambitious Advanced Clean Fleet Rules; Effective Date Looms

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It’s been a long road for California to require zero-emission, heavy-duty trucks. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group maps out the state’s landmark deal with truck manufacturers, the inevitable litigation to...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - 7.07.23

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association said on Thursday that they had reached an agreement, referred to as the "Clean Truck Partnership," that gives new flexibility for...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

More Autonomous Big Rigs Needed on the Road: Why Start There?

Many trucks on the freeway already drive themselves -with an operator on board. These trucks operate smoothly and safely with little to no human intervention. Such vehicles are capable of knowing when to make space and move...more

A&O Shearman

Propel: Gearing up with Embark to transform the USD700 billion trucking industry

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In the latest episode of our Propel podcast, New York partner Paul Keller talks with Siddhartha M. Venkatesan, Chief Legal Officer of Embark Trucks—the longest-running self-driving truck program in America. Listen to the...more

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Automotive and Trucking Accidents in the U.S. with Foreign Defendants: What Insurers Need to Know

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Attorneys Mike Forte and Vince Saccomando discuss defense strategies for automotive and trucking accidents in the U.S. with both foreign and U.S. defendants. They outline what insurers should know in handling these claims...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Butler's Thursday Tips | Little Black Box

In this week's Thursday Tip, attorney Paula Solano discusses the use of ECMs in Third-Party vehicle claims. #ButlerLegal #Law #VehicleAccidents #BlackBox ...more

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NEW: Maryland Governor Issues “Stay-at-Home” Order; Auto Dealerships May Stay Open, But Proceed with Caution

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As recently reported by our COVID-19 Task Force, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued an amended Executive Order on Monday requiring all Maryland residents to stay at home starting at 8 p.m. on March 30, 2020 except for...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.7.2020 | Top Story: Facebook Ban of “Deepfakes”

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Facebook wages a war on misinformation. On Monday, Facebook announced it will start removing videos altered by artificial intelligence that are likely to mislead people into thinking that a subject of the video made...more

Baker Donelson

Just in Time for Christmas, Self-Driving Truck Delivers Butter from California to Pennsylvania

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Land O’Lakes recently enlisted Plus.ai, a three-year-old Cupertino, California-based startup, to haul a truckload of butter from California to Pennsylvania. ...more

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First OEM Level 2 Autonomous Trucks Are Being Deployed

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Firm client Covenant Transportation has recently added Level 2 autonomous trucks. The Freightliner Cascadia has electronic steering, adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning, blind-spot warning, pedestrian warning,...more

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Highly Automated and Connected Vehicles Update - July 2019

Local Motors Unveils Olli Fleet Challenge - Local Motors has invited municipalities, campuses and designated districts to propose short-term uses for Olli in Washington and Oregon as part of a global initiative, the Olli...more

Butler Snow LLP

Mississippi Rolls Out Volkswagen Beneficiary Mitigation Plan

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In January 2016, the United States sued Volkswagen for installing defective emission devices in certain model years 2009-2016 vehicles. As part of the settlement agreement, Volkswagen agreed to establish a $2.9 billion trust...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Changes in the Wind Bring New Opportunities in Florida for Advanced Israeli Transportation Firms

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Winds of change are blowing across Florida – not a scorcher, but instead tropical breezes that bring new hope for residents dealing with snarled traffic and new opportunities for developers, local communities and Israeli...more

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Truck "Platooning" and the Vehicle to Vehicle Network - A Chance To Glimpse the Future of Vehicle Cybersecurity in Action

According to most in the automotive industry, a world where self-driving cars and fully automated trucks begin to fill our intersections and highways is still at least a decade or so away. Creative theories abound for how...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Common Defect Found in Multiple-Model Product Liability Class Action

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In a recent case before the British Columbia Supreme Court, N&C Transportation Ltd. v. Navistar International Corp., 2016 BCSC 2129 [N&C], Justice Skolrood certified a multiple-model product liability class action after...more

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Driverless Vehicles Have Arrived in North Carolina - How Will Your Industry be Affected?

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Twelve years old. In North Carolina, a person as young as twelve years old may ride alone in a fully autonomous—or, “driverless”—vehicle....more

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