Managing Automotive Blog

The Trump administration updated its federal policy for developing self-driving cars, reinforcing safety guidelines and unifying federal agencies’ efforts while promising to ease any regulatory barriers to U.S. innovation and competitiveness in the space.

Carlos Ghosn, the renowned former CEO of Nissan & Renault, who brokered the Japanese & French carmarkers’ alliance with Mitsubishi, brazenly escaped from house arrest in Tokyo, Japan on December 30, 2019.

Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash have joined forces to jointly oppose a new California labor law, Assembly Bill 5, which took effect on January 1, 2020.

Nissan North America Inc. and its financing arm forced New Jersey dealers into $20 million in predatory loans that financed an overabundance of inventory the car giant ordered them to carry amid corporate pressure to raise sales, according to a brief filed Tuesday in federal court.

Fiat Chrysler and PSA of France said that they had agreed to the terms of a merger that would create the world’s fourth largest automaker.

A downstate dealer scored a victory in a franchise law case that could have major implications on how automobile brokering affects manufacturers’ performance metrics.

Arent Fox’s Automotive Group Chair, Aaron Jacoby, was quoted in an Automotive News article.

I ask any dealer who has ever questioned the value of membership in state and metro dealer associations to pay very close attention to this article.

Move over for the next self-driving player.

China is driving down the autonomous road.

Governor Newsom signed AB 51, codified as Labor Code section 432.6, which prohibits California employers from requiring an employee to sign an arbitration agreement “as a condition of employment, continued employment, or the receipt of any employment-related benefit.” 

Autonomous cars want to be accessible to many.

Toyota is taking the next step in the autonomous game.

It looks like self-driving cars are becoming a bigger part of the automobile club.

Hyundai is coming up on your six - zooming onto the self-driving scene.

Hyundai is putting its money where its mouth is.

A new report accuses one of the nation’s largest car retail chains of selling used vehicles with unrepaired safety recalls.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a ….

While the California Consumer Privacy Act has impacted businesses in all sectors, one industry that has been steadily barreling toward compliance is the automotive industry.

In resolving a growing split among California courts, the California Supreme Court in ZB, N.A. v. Superior Court faced the issue of whether actions for unpaid wages under Labor Code section 558 brought under the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) could be compelled to arbitration.

Written by: Anthony Bento, Director of Legal Affairs - CNCDA

Japan takes that car for a (test) flight.

German prosecutors on Wednesday charged Rupert Stadler, former chief executive of the Audi luxury car division of Volkswagen, with fraud for the company’s role in a diesel emissions cheating scandal.

GM isn’t “Cruisin” into its autonomous life.

Lyft has the need for speed.