A bipartisan coalition of 36 AGs secured up to $9 million and critical reforms from Hyundai and Kia in a settlement to resolve allegations that the automakers failed to install proper anti-theft technology in certain vehicles. According to the assurance of discontinuance, Hyundai and Kia vehicles designed, manufactured, marketed, and distributed from 2011 to 2022…

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A group of 17 Democratic AGs and the Governor of Pennsylvania sued to challenge the suspension of billions of dollars of federal funding for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird led a group of 26 Republican AGs in filing two amici curiae briefs urging the dismissal of pending challenges to Environmental Protection Agency waivers allowing California to enforce its own vehicle emissions standards. One brief addresses California emissions regulations for cars, trucks, and SUVs, while the other concerns emissions from heavy-duty…

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AGs from Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, and West Virginia—joined by the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce and several corn-grower associations—have moved to intervene in a lawsuit brought by California and other states challenging NHTSA’s 2025 Interpretive Rule, which limits the agency’s authority to enforce certain electric vehicle (EV) fuel economy standards. In their motion, the…

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Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers sued General Motors LLC and its subsidiary OnStar LLC (collectively, “GM”) over allegations that GM misled vehicle purchasers into enrolling in programs that collected and shared their driving data with third parties in violation of state consumer protection law. According to the complaint, the driving data that GM collected, processed, and…

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