Category Archives: business trend

Lege & Regulatory TREND. 4 Things Law Enforcement Wants in Self Driving Car Regulations.

Tools law enforcement wants  to ineract or direct self driving cars, especially during an emergency:

  • Integration with public safety officials
  • Regulation of data that is shared between law enforcement and self driving vehicles
  • Established cyber security standards and privacy standards 
  • Address elderly and disabled population use of autonomous driving vehicles

Reuters | U.S. regulators grappling with self-driving vehicle security. 

+1 Private Rail proposal in the Labor Conquers All State

State: Oklahoma

The private rail proposal: A freight rail company  is seeking proposals from private rail carriers to provide passenger service between Tulsa and Oklahoma City

The legislative pathway:

  • 2011 created a task force
  • Task Force offcers ways to link northeastern Oklahoma with the existing Heartland Flyer passenger service between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth
  • State of Oklahoma sold an existing rail line to Watco, the Kasnas freight rail company

US News and World Report | Company…

Top 3 States for State EV Purchasing Policies. New Study. Newish Coalition.

The study: ZEV State Policy Scorecard

Study authors:  Electrification Coalition, a nonprofit group of business leaders seeking to facilitate the deployment of EVs on a mass scale

Top 3 States for state EV purchasing policies: 

  • California
  • Connecticut
  • Maryland

3 State policies that impact state rankings:

  • how states provide consumer incentives for purchasing EVs
  • how states make refueling infrastructure available
  • how states educate the public about the alternative drivetrains

Automotive…

By the numbers. Automaker Spending on EV & AV. The legislative & regulatory frontier. Bonjour new laws & rules.

  • In 2017 $226 Billion spent by automakers on EV & AV 
  • 2017 numbers are up 47% from 2012
  • By 2023, $255 billion in R&D and capital expenditures
  • 22.5% of Americans are “likely” to purchase a plug-in electric vehicle

ALIX PARTNERS | A ‘pile-up of epic proportions’ awaits auto industry as investments necessary to an electric and autonomous future balloon just as market slows, according to AlixPartners study

Tech Crunch |  Automakers are burning through billions in EV, AV race

+1 Major City Electric Scooter Ordinance. 3 Points from Messaging from E Scooter Companies

CITY: San Francisco

San Francisco’s ordinance sets up:

  • The Powered Scooter Share Permit Program
  • 1 year pilot program
  • Up to 5 e-scooter operator permits will be issued
  • initial  6 months, as many as 1,250 scooters may be permitted.
  • An increase can occur and allow  up to 2,500 scooters 

What are e-scooter companies’ positions?

  • conciliatory
  • want to operate in legal framework
  • “meaningful and responsible part of your transportation landscape”
  • committed to the Save Our Sidewalks Pledge to…

+1 Coastal City New Electric Scooter Rules. Cap scrapped in favor of this:

City: Santa Monica

The new electric scooter rules:

  • 6-month pilot program
  • dynamic cap the number of electric scooters and bicycles (not set yet and can be extended)
    • the 1500 cap was scrapped
  • limit the number of companies that operate the vehicles
  • impose a fee on the companies for operations $20,000 operation fee + $50 per vehicle

Does Santa Monica have a history with electric scooters? Yes, it was the 1st city Bird offered scooters in starting September 2017

CNET | Santa Monica hits…

Business TREND. Procurement Opportunity. Electric License Plates. Legislation to move it forward.

Where are digital license plates being tested? Sacramento city cars are pilot testing digital license plates.

Are other locations on the horizon?  Yes, Texas & Florida

The company pushing digital license plates: The 

What else can digital license plates do?

  • track mileage
  • set geofence notifications

Cost of a digital license plate: $699 for individual consumers, plus installation, as well as a monthly fee of about $7.

The 2013 California legislation: A DMV bill calling for a study of…