Global Policy Group^® advises clients in the North American, Japanese, and European light and heavy vehicle and automotive components industries through retainer relationships and customized consulting assignments.  Examples of recent topics include:

 

Legislative and Regulatory Analysis

Client-private reports and retainers analyzing automotive legislative and regulatory issues, including:

• federal and California emissions regulations for light and heavy vehicles

• proposals to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and manufacturing plants

• ongoing changes in federal fuel economy regulations for light and potentially heavy vehicles

• public and private support for the electrification of vehicles and the transportation infrastructure

• regulatory issues related to increased use of ethanol, biodiesel, and other biofuels

• trends in federal motor vehicle safety standards, testing, and certification

• California and federal low-emission and zero-emission vehicle programs

• automotive battery and end-of-life vehicle recycling regulations and incentives

• the TREAD Act and legislative proposals arising from the Toyota recall crisis

• regulatory issues related to multi-stage vehicles

In addition, Global Policy Group^® has prepared client-private U.S. regulatory databases summarizing key laws and regulations in automotive safety, emissions, fuel economy, etc.

 

Automotive Technology Studies

• client-private reports on market and regulatory trends affecting gasoline direct injection engines, lithium-ion and other advanced batteries, ethanol and biodiesel, selective catalytic reduction, etc.

• analyses of FreedomCAR, the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles, the 21^st Century Truck Partnership, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and other U.S. automotive R&D programs

• major multi-client reports on key market and regulatory trends related to automotive technologies:

• Fuel Cells and Advanced Batteries

• Automotive Telematics and Multimedia in the United States

• Clean Cars and Smart Highways: U.S. Automotive Technology R&D

Foreign Market Studies

• monitoring of industry, regulatory, and political developments affecting Asian, European, and Latin American automotive markets

• major single-client analyses of the integration of the European automotive market, the impact of trade blocs on the Latin American auto sector, and the emerging Chinese auto industry

Global Policy Group^® principals have worked on automotive industry issues with such clients as Aisin Seiki, ArvinMeritor, Audi, Cosmo Oil, DaimlerChrysler, Dana, Delphi, Denso, Fiat Group, Freudenberg Group, Intel, Iveco, Kia Motors, Mitsubishi Electric, and Philips.