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Toyota announced it is reviving its discontinued Scion sub-brand as 'Scion by Toyota,' unveiling the KEI-01, a small Japanese-style Kei truck aimed at the US market. The move follows President Trump's stated push last year for the Department of Transportation to legalize Japan's tiny Kei cars and trucks in the US.
After St. Lucie County, Florida decided to stop using Flock surveillance cameras and began removing them, officials discovered 14 devices beyond the 52 they believed were installed. The Sheriff's Office later claimed three of those unpermitted cameras without explaining the lack of paperwork, leaving 11 cameras whose owners remain unidentified.
Several AI company executives joined President Trump this week to sign an AI safety accord that leaves enforcement largely up to the companies themselves. Trump described the arrangement as firms policing 'each other' and 'themselves,' rather than through binding government standards.
The US Department of Transportation issued its Freedom Means Affordable Cars rule, formally called SAFE Vehicles Rule III, reverting corporate average fuel economy standards to pre-Biden-era levels. Secretary Sean Duffy framed the move as ending an illegal EV mandate, while the agency claims it will lower new-vehicle prices by $1,300 and save consumers $138 billion over five years. The change comes as AAA reports regular gas averaging $4.48 a gallon and diesel $6.45, with prices up more than 50% since the Iran conflict began.
The Department of Transportation issued a final rule cutting Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards to levels lower than those set in 2020, targeting just 34.9 mpg by model year 2031. The rule eliminates emissions credits starting in model year 2028 and removes the favorable treatment that let EVs and plug-in hybrids count as hundreds of mpg toward an automaker's fleet average.
The Department of Transportation announced Monday that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finalized new corporate average fuel economy rules, replacing Biden-era targets. The previous standard called for new vehicles to average 50.4 miles per gallon by 2031; the new rule lowers that requirement to 34.9 miles per gallon.
The US Department of Transportation finalized a rule lowering fuel economy targets, replacing the Biden administration's requirement of 50.4 miles per gallon by model year 2031 with a 34.9 mpg standard. The agency called it one of the largest deregulatory moves of the second Trump administration and said it would cut $1,300 off the average cost of a new vehicle, saving $138 billion over five years.
Florida's Department of Transportation issued a memo revoking permits for automatic license plate readers, including Flock Safety cameras, on state-controlled roads. Law enforcement agencies have 30 days from August 31 to remove the devices, and the agency says it will stop approving new permit requests going forward.
Florida's Department of Transportation issued a memo revoking permits for all automated license plate readers, including those made by Flock, installed on state highways. The agency says operators have 30 days to remove the devices, and it will no longer approve new placement requests on state roadways.
The Florida Department of Transportation issued a memo on Aug. 31 revoking permits for automated license plate recognition cameras, often known by the brand name Flock, installed along state highway rights-of-way. Local law enforcement agencies have 30 days to remove the devices or FDOT will take them down itself, citing rapid growth in deployments and concerns about misuse and surveillance.