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NHTSA and Motor Vehicle Safety – April 2021 | Foley & Lardner LLP

Over the past few years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the primary regulator of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment and their manufacturers, has been balancing its work of keeping pace with technology innovations against its work on compliance enforcement. As the Biden administration begins to take shape, the priorities of the U.S. Department of Transportation and NHTSA will shift to reflect the regulatory philosophy and priorities of the new administration. This change in administrations offers some particularly interesting differences, as NHTSA spent the entirety of the Trump administration without an administrator. One focus of the Biden administration

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By Ferdian Syah 2 hours ago

These Incredibly Detailed Diecast Rally Races Are Way Too Entertaining

In this rally, cars took some turns too fast, they caught air, and they rolled. No one was hurt, though, because this competition consisted solely of 1:64 diecast toy cars.

YouTube channel 3Dbotmaker created this video series to support its diecast racing league. The Diecast Rally Championship is their rally car series, in which vehicles compete in four rounds. You almost want to jump up and cheer for these tiny cars like the toy people posed in various stages of disbelief and triumph.

This video was created in memory of legendary Hot Wheels designer Ryu Asada, who worked with Hot

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By Ferdian Syah 6 hours ago

Lexus Teammate advanced driver assist tech headed to 2022 LS 500h in the U.S.

Toyota showed off a new advanced driver assist system for the Mirai and Lexus LS in Japan on Thursday this week. At that time, there were details, but no indication of whether the system would make it to U.S.-bound Toyota and Lexus products. We have answers today.

This Level 2 driver assistance system will be deployed in the U.S. in the 2022 Lexus LS 500h when it launches later this year. Lexus is naming it “Lexus Teammate,” making it obvious from the start that this is no fully autonomous vehicle. The system is your teammate; it’s not taking over, and

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By Ferdian Syah 7 hours ago

Capito critical of Biden plan | Local News

WASHINGTON — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has made it clear she does not support all of Pres. Joe Biden’s more than $2 trillion American Jobs Plan, but she will insist that any infrastructure plan that is passed will include money for the King Coal Highway and Coalfields Expressway.

“That must be part of it,” she said, referring to the federal 80 percent match of highway and bridge construction projects.

Both projects are stalled, with construction being done piecemeal as money becomes available. Total cost to complete the Coalfield Expressway has been estimated at about $1 billion by the state

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By Ferdian Syah 7 hours ago

5 Important Things You Should Know About The Mahindra XUV700

The new generation of Mahindra’s mid-size SUV ups the premium quotient with its many changes

The Mahindra XUV500 has been around for nearly a decade now and while it has received a couple of facelifts during its time, it’s due to be replaced by a new generation. We expected to get our first peek at it in the second half of 2020 but the pandemic delayed its arrival to 2021. During this period, test mules of the second-gen XUV500 have been spied under camouflage, revealing various details over time. However, Mahindra still managed to surprise us when it announced that

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By Ferdian Syah 12 hours ago

10 Best Stocks That Will Gain From Biden’s Job and Infrastructure Plan

In this article we will take a look at the 10 best stocks that will gain from Biden’s job and infrastructure plan. You can skip our detailed analysis of the US job and infrastructure plan’s outlook for 2021 and some of the major growth catalysts for the stocks that will benefit from it, and go directly to 5 Best Stocks That Will Gain From Biden’s Job and Infrastructure Plan.

US President Joe Biden last week unveiled an ambitious $2 trillion plan to overhaul American infrastructure. The plan envisions increased government spending on rebuilding roads, bridges, water supply mechanisms, transportation

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By Ferdian Syah 12 hours ago