The table below provides links to third-party articles of interest related to global automotive regulations and policies. The links are added at the time of publication and may have changed since the time they were posted. We encourage users to let us know if any of the listings are no longer valid.
| 24 Aug 2017 | Germany draws up rules of the road for driverless cars | WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems | Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) | Germany Germany | ||
| 29 Jun 2017 | Germany to create national diesel forum to cut car emissions | GTR No. 15 | Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Emissions Test Procedure, UN Regulation No. 49 | Diesel and CNG/LNG Engine Emissions, and UN Regulation No. 83 | Motor Vehicle Emissions | Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) | Germany Germany | ||
| 27 Jun 2017 | Germany moves to crack down on vehicle emissions | GTR No. 4 | Worldwide Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Certification Procedure, GTR No. 15 | Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Emissions Test Procedure, UN Regulation No. 49 | Diesel and CNG/LNG Engine Emissions, and UN Regulation No. 83 | Motor Vehicle Emissions | Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Emissions Test Procedure (WLTP) | BMDV and Germany Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and Germany | ||
| 23 Jun 2017 | Germany Permits Automated Vehicles | WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems | Germany Germany | |||
| 7 Dec 2016 | EU takes action against UK, Germany over VW emissions scandal | GTR No. 15 | Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Emissions Test Procedure, UN Regulation No. 49 | Diesel and CNG/LNG Engine Emissions, and UN Regulation No. 83 | Motor Vehicle Emissions | Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) | EC, EU, Germany, and UK European Commission, European Union, Germany, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| 29 Nov 2016 | Autonomous cars: Could German efforts to race ahead be counterproductive? | WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems | UN Task Force on Cybersecurity and Software Updates (TFCS) Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) Intelligent Transport Systems-Automated Driving (ITS/AD) World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) | Germany Germany | ||
| 2 Nov 2016 | Germany considers banning fossil cars by 2030, signaling an electric future for European transport | Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) | EC, EU, and Germany European Commission, European Union, and Germany | |||
| 30 Oct 2016 | Germany paves the way for autonomous vehicles by updating its traffic laws to include self-driving cars | WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems and UN Regulation No. 160 | Event Data Recorders | Intelligent Transport Systems-Automated Driving (ITS/AD) Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) | Germany Germany | ||
| 20 Oct 2016 | German minister: EU has no case to take action over carmakers emissions defeat device overuse | GTR No. 15 | Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Emissions Test Procedure and UN Regulation No. 83 | Motor Vehicle Emissions | Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) | EU and Germany European Union and Germany | ||
| 11 Oct 2016 | Can German auto regulators usher in the zero-emissions age? | GTR No. 15 | Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Emissions Test Procedure, WP.29 Discussion Topic | Climate Change and Transport, UN Regulation No. 83 | Motor Vehicle Emissions, and UN Regulation No. 101 | Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Fuel/Energy Consumption | Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) | Germany Germany | ||
| 27 Sep 2016 | German carmakers and technology firms form 5G telecoms association | WP.29 Discussion Topic | Intelligent Transport Systems | Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) | BMW, Daimler, and Germany BMW Group, Daimler AG, and Germany | ||
| 21 Sep 2016 | Germany to create world’s first highway code for driverless cars | WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems | Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Intelligent Transport Systems-Automated Driving (ITS/AD) ITS Automated Driving Ad Hoc Group (ITS/AD-AH) Lane Keeping Assist System Ad Hoc Group (LKAS) World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) | Germany Germany | ||
| 6 Jun 2016 | Germany to patch up EU law on car emissions | GTR No. 15 | Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Emissions Test Procedure, UN Regulation No. 83 | Motor Vehicle Emissions, and UN Regulation No. 101 | Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Fuel/Energy Consumption | Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) | EC, EU, and Germany European Commission, European Union, and Germany | ||
| 19 Sep 2015 | Mirror, mirror off the car? Focus turns to cameras | UN Regulation No. 46 | Indirect Vision Devices | Informal Group on Camera Monitor Systems (CMS) Informal Group on Camera Monitor Systems (II) (CMS II) Working Party on General Safety (GRSG) | Germany and USA Germany and United States of America | ||
| 4 Sep 2015 | Autonomous driving takes back seat as connected car rules prepared | United Nations Agreement | 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic and WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems | Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Intelligent Transport Systems-Automated Driving (ITS/AD) | EU, Germany, and UK European Union, Germany, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| 1 Feb 2015 | Germany creates laws for driverless cars | WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems | Intelligent Transport Systems-Automated Driving (ITS/AD) | Germany Germany | ||
| 8 Dec 2014 | Paris and Berlin seek to delay cuts in EU car emissions standards | GTR No. 15 | Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Emissions Test Procedure, UN Regulation No. 83 | Motor Vehicle Emissions, and UN Regulation No. 101 | Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Fuel/Energy Consumption | Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) | EU, France, and Germany European Union, France, and Germany | ||
| 3 Dec 2014 | Look ma, no hands! 6 game-changing driverless cars w/VIDEO | WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems | Intelligent Transport Systems-Automated Driving (ITS/AD) | Audi, Ford, Germany, GM, Mercedes-Benz, and USA Audi, Ford Motor Company, Germany, General Motors Corporation, Mercedes-Benz, and United States of America | ||
| 12 Nov 2014 | Who Will Win the Hydrogen Infrastructure Race? | GTR No. 13 | Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicle Safety, WP.29 Discussion Topic | Electric Vehicle Environmental Performance, and UN Regulation No. 134 | Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle safety | Electric Vehicles and the Environment (EVE) Electric Vehicle Safety (EVS) Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) Informal Group on Hydrogen/Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles (HFCV) World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) | Germany, Japan, and USA Germany, Japan, and United States of America |