China's first national standard for EV service safety takes effect
GB/T 47439-2026 sets out how workshops should handle high-voltage and hydrogen systems on new-energy vehicles, from risk identification to tool checks.
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NHTSA publishes interim Part 555 guidance and opens comments through August 31
The notice sets out enhanced application instructions for automated-driving exemptions and discloses 517 alleged ADS crashes and 787 alleged Level 2 crashes reported from June to December 2025.
UNECE task force puts software identification numbers on the agenda for R156
The cybersecurity and over-the-air updates task force will take up extending RXSWIN to UN R156 and pushing R155 duties down onto components and separate technical units.
NHTSA opens a year-long docket to rewrite its 2017 automated-driving guidance
The agency will replace its nine-year-old ADS 2.0 guidance chapter by chapter, publishing drafts as they are ready and keeping the docket open until July 2027.
China's MIIT spot-audits Chery, NIO and JAC on connected-vehicle safety
Ministry inspectors spent two days at three Anhui automakers, seizing sample vehicles and battery packs on site for national-standard compliance testing tied to production access.
China logs two software recalls on GAC Toyota's bZ7, both remedied over the air
Regulator filings cover 39,552 electric sedans with gear-shift and thermal-management software defects — the fix is a free OTA push beginning August 1.
NHTSA grants Zoox the first federal exemption for a steering-wheel-free robotaxi
The Federal Register notice exempts Zoox's purpose-built vehicle from eight FMVSS requirements written around human drivers, clearing paid rides for up to 2,500 vehicles a year.
NHTSA moves to fast-track the first federal performance standards for automated vehicles
The US Transportation Secretary ordered NHTSA to accelerate national AV performance standards, update ten federal safety rules and streamline exemptions.
China issues first mandatory national standard for driver-assistance systems
MIIT published GB 47955-2026, China's first mandatory national standard for combined driver-assistance systems, taking effect January 1, 2027.