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Creates a Department of Transportation–led interagency working group to study and improve response to electric vehicle fires that occur on public roads. The group must collect and report incident data, develop and publish best practices for response and recovery, include industry, emergency responders, researchers and federal agencies, publish an annual public report, and sunset after 10 years. Members receive no compensation and the group is exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
The bill creates a DOT-led, multi-stakeholder effort to collect and publish EV fire data and produce safety guidance that should improve responder and driver safety and transparency, but it raises privacy and representation concerns, reduces some formal public oversight, and imposes modest federal成本
First responders and drivers will get updated, centralized best-practice guidance for safely addressing EV fires on public roads, improving on-scene safety and potentially reducing injuries and vehicle damage.
People and policymakers will gain access to standardized EV fire incident data and an annual public report (location-agnostic summaries, response outcomes, trends), improving transparency and enabling better-informed local and federal safety decisions.
First responders, manufacturers, towing companies, researchers, and other stakeholders will be brought together in a DOT-coordinated working group so guidance and practices reflect multiple perspectives and federal coordination provides a clear lead for improvements.
Taxpayers may shoulder additional administrative and support costs because the Department of Transportation must provide coordination and use federal funds to run the effort.
The working group is exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), reducing formal public oversight and making member interactions and influence less transparent to the public.
Requiring specific organizations to provide nominees and having members serve without compensation may bias membership toward established groups and exclude smaller organizations or independent experts, limiting representation.
Introduced March 12, 2026 by Timothy Patrick Sheehy · Last progress March 12, 2026