nhtsa in june issued an order requiring automakers and operators of vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance or automated driving systems to immediately report crashespresident joe biden plans to nominate the no 2 auto safety official and a former california air resources board official to head the national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa a source told reuters steven cliff who has been deputy administrator since february has been a key figure in the biden administrations proposed rewrite of fuel economy standards through 2026 and is overseeing the departments ongoing safety probe of tesla inc and investigation of whether 30 million vehicles produced by nearly two dozen automakers have unsafe air bags advt the white house also plans to announce duke university engineering and computer science professor missy cummings as the new senior adviser for safety at nhtsa nhtsa which is part of the us transportation department faces a backlog of pending auto safety regulations and has not had a senateconfirmed administrator since january 2017 there has not even been a nominee for nhtsas top job since 2019 nhtsa in august proposed dramatically revising the trump administrations rollback of corporate average fuel economy rules proposing increasing fuel efficiency by 8 annually for the 20242026 model years cliff said the proposal reduces climate pollution by approximately the same amount as if we took more than 5 million of todays vehicles off the road since the covid19 pandemic the united states has seen a sustained increase in traffic deaths that nhtsa has ascribed to impaired driving speeding a failure to wear seatbelts and other unsafe behavior nhtsa last month estimated 8730 people died in vehicle crashes in the first three months of 2021 compared with 7900 deaths during the same period last year up 105 despite a 21 drop in miles driven last month nhtsa asked tesla why it has not issued a recall to address software updates made to its autopilot driverassistance system nhtsa in august opened a formal safety probe into teslas autopilot system in 765000 us vehicles after a series of crashes involving tesla models and emergency vehicles advt nhtsa in june issued an order requiring automakers and operators of vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance or automated driving systems to immediately report crashes cummings in a 2018 interview said the united states needs an entirely new regulatory framework where an agency like nhtsa would oversee autonomous vehicles adding the agency does have the authority to mandate testing and other interventions but theyre not doing it also readus to press for semiconductor relief at eu tech meetingthe chip shortage due to manufacturing snags has had a massive impact on the us economy hindering auto production and driving prices highersee more details reuters published on oct 20 2021 at 0554 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will