Auto manufacturers push for standards
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Manufacturing News, Source : The Manufacturer US
Published : 30 Jan 2003 9:10
Thirteen of the world’s passenger car and light truck manufacturers from the US, Europe, and Japan will work together this year to encourage governments to adopt a common set of standards for environmental and safety technology, according to Japan Auto Trends newsletter.
“One of the biggest challenges for the motor vehicle industry today is the global harmonization of technical regulations,” said Honda chairman Yoshihide Munekuni, head of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association. He added that differences in regulation are not apparent to consumers, but for manufacturers, different regulations require different designs, which leads to additional investment for tools and dies.
In 1998, the United Nations endorsed the establishment of harmonized vehicle regulations, but the organization has yet to establish a single GTR (global technical regulation) in the two years since the agreement went into effect. The auto executive group’s decision to support the UN effort is aimed at moving this process forward.
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