NHTSA Says Electric vehicles, Hybrids Must Be Loud Enough for Blind to Hear
Government safety regulators have set a new standard that requires hybrids and electric vehicles to generate enough noise so pedestrians and blind people can hear them in crosswalks and parking lots.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates the new standard could prevent about 2,400 pedestrian injuries annually once all electrified vehicles are properly equipped.
Buick, Porsche Take Top Ranks in Power’s Sales Satisfaction Index
Dealers going high-tech to keep up with cars, customers.
Buying a car isn’t an easy process these days. As vehicles get more complex, so does the once-simple process of finding the right car, truck or crossover – and then understanding all of its features. That’s why it’s increasingly important for customers to have access not just to the traditional salesperson but vehicle specialists, notes market research firm J.D. Power and Associates in its latest Sales Satisfaction Index.
The annual study delivers a few surprises as it examines how pleased shoppers were with the new vehicle buying process.
CEI Hosts Seminar on the Latest Trends in Fleet Safety
Four experts in automotive fleet safety addressed some of the latest developments and trends in fleet safety, including telematics, predictive analytics, negligent entrustment, distracted driving and onboard crash prevention technology, at a free seminar conducted by the CEI Group, Inc. at the Renaissance Schaumburg Conference Center Hotel today.
Trump and the Sustainable Fleet
As we have a president-elect who has called climate change a “hoax,” it’s clear that sustainability is not going to be his focus. His appointment of climate contrarian Myron Ebell to look into the E.P.A. and his vow to withdraw from the Paris Agreement are worrying climate scientists and those who are deeply concerned about the impact of these actions on the life of our planet.
Automakers were quick to call for weaker fuel economy standards, but since fleets have been so prominent in their adoption of eco-friendly vehicles and sustainability initiatives, we are eager to learn how fleets plan to adapt to the new order. NAFA and CALSTART have been in the forefront of working for fleet sustainability – we hope their good work will continue, but will fleets embrace sustainability if the federal government does not?
Multi-national fleets may take a different view of this as they work within countries that are committed to the Paris Agreement and are taking bold steps to reduce their carbon footprint. Trump may turn America’s back on the serious climate turmoil we face now and in the future, but the rest of the world will not.
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
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