Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 214; Side Impact Protection; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 305a; Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electric Powertrain Integrity; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 307; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register June 3, 2026. Document 2026-11072. Updated Nov. 10, 2026.
- What it does
On May 30, 2025, NHTSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to remove obsolete requirements from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 214, "Side Impact Protection." The agency received two comments that supported the changes to FMVSS No. 214. In addition, one of the commenters suggested amendments to remove additional obsolete regulatory text. NHTSA is adopting the proposed changes with amendments made in response to the comments. The final rule also amends FMVSS No. 305a, "Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electric Powertrain Integrity" and FMVSS No. 307, "Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles" to delete reference to sections of FMVSS No. 214 removed by this final rule.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has published 23 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 10 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2127-AM89 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Effective Date: July 6, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-11072 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Transportation Department; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Published | June 3, 2026 |
| Effective date | July 6, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2127-AM89 |
| Docket | NHTSA-2025-0038 |
| Significant (marked in the Federal Register) | Yes |
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