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- shares Jeep Australia has recalled 16,305 examples of its Grand Cherokee, citing a potential fault with the fuel pump relay. The affected vehicles were sold between 1 November 2014 and 31 January 2021 (Model Years 2013-2014). The recall notice, lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), says: “The fuel pump relay on some vehicles may be susceptible to silicon contamination on the relay contacts. This can cause the relay to fail.” “A fuel pump relay failure c...

- shares The affected vehicles were sold between July 2018 and July 2020, with Model Years ranging between 2019 and 2021. The recall notice, lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), says: "The seat material used in the front seats trimmed with Dinamica cloth (a laminate bonded seat material) may burn faster than permitted." "In the event of fire in the vehicle, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants," the notice continues. CarAdvice has cont...

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, filed an amicus brief today in the case of Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al. v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), et al., which is currently pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Carper and Pallone filed their amicus brief in support of 50 public interest groups and state and local governments ...

Thursday, January 28, 2021 The auto industry has been planning for the impact on a change in administration on many fronts.  As previously discussed, the new administration has a strong focus on environmental policy, and is expected to make sweeping changes.  What is potentially in store for the auto industry?  The first few days in office provide clues to what will be coming. A week into office, the Biden administration has made the following moves, among others pertinent to the ...

Biden Orders Immediate Confrontation of Climate Crisis On Jan. 20, President Joe Biden signed an executive order entitled, “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.” It establishes the Biden administration’s commitment to immediately work to confront both the causes and impacts of climate change by implementing policy guided by science. The order rolls back many actions taken by the Trump administration to loosen environmental standa...

1209 views As a favor to the community Im posting President Bidens order to agencies to undertake a review of Trump era environmental regulations. Yesterday was also an important day for Mother Nature and the nation. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously tossed the Trump administrations replacement for Obamas Clean Power Plan (CPP) back to EPA. The Agency will now be coming out with some version of the CPP.  Look for my continuing comments on these and other ...