For decades, one of the biggest challenges faced by automotive engineers around the world has been often wildly divergent regulations for safety, emissions and fuel economy. The differences have forced the design and engineering of unique powertrains and body structures to sell what are ostensibly the same car in different parts of the world, dramatically increasing costs and limiting product availability in many markets. The latest person to try to bring this problem under control is Dan Nicholson, General Motors vice-president of global propulsion engineering and president-elect of FISITA.

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