Transportation

How the Shift to IT-Enabled Vehicles Plays to America’s Competitive Strengths
Connected and autonomous vehicles rely on IT hardware and software, an area where the United States has a competitive advantage globally. Congress and the administration should help U.S. industry press that advantage not with auto tariffs, but with more robust innovation policies.
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November 7, 2018
Losing Power? The State of the Global Race for Batteries to Power Electric Vehicles and Modernize the Grid
As the auto industry shifts toward electric vehicles and the electricity grid draws more energy from variable renewables, high-capacity, high-performance and affordable batteries are becoming one o
October 19, 2018
How the Shift to IT-Enabled Vehicles Plays to America’s Competitive Strengths
Connected and autonomous vehicles rely on IT hardware and software, an area where the United States has a competitive advantage globally. Congress and the administration should help U.S. industry press that advantage not with auto tariffs, but with more robust innovation policies.
October 12, 2018
Mileage Tax Makes Sense in Massachusetts
In a letter to the editor for the Springfield Republican, Rob Atkinson explains why a vehicle miles traveled tax makes sense for Massachusetts.
October 12, 2018
FAA Reauthorization Is a Win for Drones and Supersonic Aircraft
Congress has taken proactive steps for both drones and supersonic flight with the FAA Reauthorization Act, enabling these U.S. industries to remain competitive and aerospace innovation to proceed apace writes Alan McQuinn in Innovation Files.
August 16, 2018
Don't Let Bogus Environmental Claims Bring Down Supersonic Flight
As ITIF’s Alan McQuinn and Samuel Hammond of the Niskanen Center write for the Daily Caller, the next generation of supersonic passenger jets is projected to be cleaner, cheaper, and more affordable—helping increase accessibility to every corner of Spaceship Earth.
August 10, 2018
Fuel Economy Freeze Will Leave U.S. Auto Industry in the Dust
The Trump administration is proposing to freeze federal fuel-efficiency standards for passenger vehicles on the theory that weaker regulation will help domestic carmakers. But, as David Hart writes for the Detroit Free Press, it would instead lock the United States into a dirtier, increasingly out-of-touch status quo.
May 2, 2018
Submission to the U.S. Department of Transportation on Automation in the Railroad Industry
Automation can deliver strong benefits to society in the form of lower costs and increased safety, so regulators should encourage the development of this new technology while adhering to key principles for protecting public safety.
March 1, 2018
Time to Modernize How We Pay for Infrastructure
The Trump administration has proposed an infrastructure plan that would help spur necessary investment. But it’s also time to modernize how we pay for infrastructure, says ITIF President Rob Atkinson in an op-ed for Real Clear Policy.
February 25, 2018
Congress Should Close the Loophole Allowing Warrantless Digital Car Searches
In an op-ed for TechCrunch, Daniel Castro and Alan McQuinn call on Congress to close a loophole that could allow police to use a Fourth Amendment exception to conduct digital searches of connected cars without warrants.
February 3, 2018
Privacy Advocates are Wrong on Connected Cars
If privacy advocates get their way, getting an oil change will involve as much legal paperwork as going to the doctor. As Alan McQuinn writes for The Hill, this is not the future most consumers want.

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