Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, NHTSA NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—NHTSA actions open for public comment, (May 1, 2024)

By WK Editorial Staff

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration actions, with links to source documents, are open for public comment until the dates indicated.

As detailed in previous Products Liability Law Daily stories, the following National Highway Traffic Safety Administration actions are open for public comment until the dates indicated below. Comments may be submitted to the docket number identified in the heading of this document by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: 202-493-2251.

June 14, 2024. NHTSA has proposed a rule to upgrade and replace the existing federal safety standard for electric vehicles and to harmonize the standard with a Global Technical Regulation on electric vehicle safety. The proposed standard, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 305a, Electric-powered Vehicles: Electric Powertrain Integrity, would apply to light and heavy vehicles and would have performance and risk mitigation requirements for the propulsion battery (NHTSA Notice of proposed rulemaking, 89 FR 26704, April 15, 2024).

June 17, 2024. NHTSA has proposed two new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards that would specify performance requirements for all motor vehicles that use hydrogen as a fuel source. FMVSS No. 307, Fuel system integrity of hydrogen vehicles, would specify requirements for the integrity of the fuel system in hydrogen vehicles during normal vehicle operations and after crashes. FMVSS No. 308, Compressed hydrogen storage system integrity, would specify requirements for the compressed hydrogen storage system to ensure the safe storage of hydrogen onboard vehicles. The proposed standards are based on Global Technical Regulation No. 13, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles (NHTSA Notice of proposed rulemaking, 89 FR 27502, April 17, 2024).

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