Waymo urges U.S. to ‘promptly’ remove barriers to self-driving cars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc, on Thursday urged the National Highway...
Read MoreUS government quietly kills autonomous vehicle committee
The Department of Transportation’s Advisory Committee on Automation in Transportation (ACAT) hasn’t been active since it was...
Read MoreWhat are the regulatory barriers to full self-driving?
While the rest of the autonomous drive technology sector dials back its ambitious deployment plans, Tesla is still charging ahead. During...
Read MoreCongress wants the self-driving car industry’s help to draft a new AV bill
Congress is calling on stakeholders in the self-driving car industry to help reignite their efforts to draft a bill aimed at speeding up...
Read MoreCongress takes another stab at passing self-driving car legislation
Just when everyone had pretty much given up hope of getting lawmakers in our hyper-polarized nation’s capital to agree on a new set of...
Read MoreLouisiana’s autonomous truck rules will take effect Aug. 1
Louisiana’s recently approved regulations for autonomous commercial motor vehicles will take effect Aug. 1. The law, signed by Gov. John...
Read MoreFlorida eases self-driving car rules: Are states and cities on the hook for mishaps?
Florida just passed a law that widens the door for self-driving driverless cars to roam their public roadways and do so without any human...
Read MoreFlorida’s new bill lets driverless cars be tested with minimal restrictions
Presently, there are few places where a company can test out its self-driving cars without the requirement of a human safety driver in the...
Read MoreFlorida law to allow autonomous cars—when they’re ready
Self-driving vehicles with no humans on board will be able to operate in Florida—once they’re finally ready for prime time—under a...
Read MoreJapan law loosens rules for self-driving cars
Stuck in traffic on a Japanese highway? If you’re in a self-driving car you might be able to kick back with a sandwich and check...
Read MoreOklahoma Governor signs autonomous vehicle legislation
Cities and counties are banned from regulating autonomous vehicles, according to legislation signed Tuesday by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt....
Read MoreBill governing driverless vehicles advances in Louisiana
Though still a few years away, a Louisiana House committee considered and advanced Monday legislation that would set up the legal and...
Read MoreCarmakers work to build regulatory guardrails for AVs
“If you buy a car that does not have the hardware necessary for full self-driving, it is like buying a horse,” Tesla CEO Elon...
Read MoreTÜV SÜD involved in Singapore autonomous vehicle standards development
TÜV SÜD experts were involved in Singapore’s Technical Reference 68 (TR 68), the world’s first set of national guidelines for fully...
Read MoreDubai crown prince issues resolution to regulate autonomous vehicle testing
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has issued a new resolution to regulate autonomous vehicle testing in Dubai. The...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars get the greenlight under new Utah law
A newly minted Utah law has given self-driving cars a greenlight throughout the state. House Bill 101, signed into law by Gov. Gary...
Read MoreExpect NHTSA to be strict with driverless cars, says expert
Jim Press, former president of Chrysler, and Steven Shladover, research engineer at University of California-Berkeley, join “Closing...
Read MoreCalifornia to allow testing of light-duty self-driving trucks
California would allow for the testing of light-duty autonomous trucks on public roads under a proposed rule announced Friday. The state’s...
Read MoreIowa lawmakers advance basic AV legislation in Senate
Fully autonomous vehicles still may be years — if not decades — away, but some Iowa lawmakers are hoping to take a proactive approach to...
Read MoreLooking for hands on wheel of autonomous vehicle regulation
The auto industry is running headlong into a future where the driving experience will morph into a riding experience as autonomous...
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