Dave McCurdy is the President and CEO of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a trade association of eleven car and light truck manufacturers including BMW Group, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota, and Volkswagen. From 1981 to 1995, Dave McCurdy was a member of the House of Representatives, representing Oklahoma's 4th District.

Blog Entries by Dave McCurdy

Ban Hand-Held Texting and Calling While Driving, but Don't Sever the Wireless Link to Cars

Posted September 29, 2009 | 01:22 PM (EST)


Research in real-life situations has shown that using a hand-held cell phone to text or call while driving is not safe. Driving - even with today's cutting-edge safety technology - is too important a responsibility to try to do while being distracted by a hand-held cell phone.

A Virginia...

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Obama's Roadmap for the Auto Industry

1 Comments | Posted May 19, 2009 | 02:05 PM (EST)


Today, the Obama administration announced it will be creating a national program on emissions to replace a patchwork quilt of conflicting state regulations. We have supported more stringent standards (we supported the 2007 Energy Bill that raised federal emissions standards by a record 40%), and we support this challenging new...

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The Auto Industry and the Obama Administration

Posted November 7, 2008 | 10:55 AM (EST)


Today's challenging economic environment presents a powerful opportunity for the incoming administration to bring America's largest manufacturing sector together with the environmental lobby, state governors, as well as Congress, to unite in providing America with a comprehensive solution on issues of energy and climate change, while also addressing issues that...

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