Apple Came Out for Right to Repair. Toyota Should Too.

In August, Apple declared support for California’s right to repair bill. Plausibly, their reason for an about face to supporting right to repair is that regulation will provide them a competitive advantage; because “Apple has been building an industry lead on repairable devices,” they are better positioned than competitors to comply. By… Read More

Applying Lessons from Securities Regulation to Intelligent Transportation Systems

In the 1970s, Congress authorized the Securities and Exchange Commission to “facilitate the establishment of a national market system for the trading of securities.” The SEC’s approach, in large part, was to direct the exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to come up with solutions themselves subject to the… Read More

Perfection is the Enemy of Good Where AVs Succeed

News articles about automated transportation technologies consistently imply that the challenge of scaling and expanding destines the technology to be if not useless then at least a bit silly. This attitude is both wrong and unproductive in solving major transportation and climate related problems. For example, a Scientific American article about delivery… Read More

E-Waste and Cars Need to Meet in the Right to Repair Debate

The debate on right to repair continues to rage. Right to repair laws have passed in New York, Colorado, Minnesota, and Massachusets, and upwards of 30 other states have pending legislation. Yet at the end of June, NHTSA sent a letter to 22 automotive… Read More

Drivers Look at Infotainment, but Law Doesn’t.

In the Law and Mobility Journal’s 2018 publication “Vehicle Rental Laws: Road Blocks to Evolving Mobility Models?”, the authors referenced a putative class action suit, Kramer v. Avis Budget Group, in support of the observation that “recently, vehicle infotainment systems…have come under scrutiny.” This blog post follows up on that case… Read More

Exporting Used Vehicles to African Countries: Law and Policy to Promote Safety and Environmental Considerations

What happens to a used vehicle when we are done with it? Does somebody else drive it? If so, who is that somebody and where do they drive? Many used vehicles are exported to developing countries with a total of 40% of the world’s used vehicles spread throughout the African continent. Read More