Pony.ai loses permit to test autonomous vehicles with driver in California
The California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked Pony.ai’s permit to test its autonomous vehicle technology with a driver on Tuesday...
Read MoreStates diverge on AV regulation. How much is too much?
Winding roads lie ahead for autonomous vehicles, and not just in the literal sense. The landscape is also a mish-mash of regulation,...
Read MoreGatik and Walmart notch a big win in Kansas with new law enabling driverless vehicle deployment
Gatik announced today that it will be expanding operations to Kansas following the signing of Senate Bill 313 into law by Governor Laura...
Read MoreU.S. Senate Democrats urge Buttigieg to develop autonomous vehicle rules
WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) – A group of 12 U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday urged Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to...
Read MoreHighway Code: Watching TV in self-driving cars to be allowed
People using self-driving cars will be allowed to watch television on built-in screens under proposed updates to the Highway Code....
Read MoreAn inside look at the UK’s Automated Vehicles Act
The Law Commission for England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission recently unveiled proposals for the creation of a revolutionary...
Read MoreShould cars drive like humans or robots? Tesla forces the question
Matt Smith didn’t necessarily mind that the software inside his Tesla would occasionally skirt a traffic law. For a while, his Tesla Model...
Read MoreCongressional transportation policymakers push AV tech bill
Two leading proponents in Congress for the establishment of a national regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles recently expressed...
Read MoreBuckle up, autonomous vehicles finally get federal safety standards
Autonomous vehicles and vehicles with automated driving functions now have their own set of motor vehicle safety standards, a U.S. federal...
Read MoreWhat rules is FMCSA working on this year?
The Department of Transportation’s latest Significant Rulemakings Report indicates which key rulemakings its agencies, including the...
Read MoreU.S. will see ‘meaningful’ autonomous vehicle policy in 2020s -U.S. Transportation Secretary
AUSTIN, Texas, March 16 (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said federal policy on autonomous...
Read MoreCalifornia issues permits to Cruise, Waymo for autonomous vehicle service
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Monday issued permits to self-driving units of...
Read MoreTrucking startup TuSimple agrees to U.S. oversight, concluding probe
Trucking startup TuSimple Holdings Inc. reached an agreement with U.S. authorities to resolve security concerns around its self-driving...
Read MoreWaymo to keep robotaxi safety details secret, court rules
Waymo, the autonomous driving arm of Alphabet, was granted a win on Tuesday when a California court ruled it could keep certain details...
Read MoreAutomation won’t eliminate truckers
Even though U.S. job openings are close to 11 million— including 580,000 openings in transportation, warehousing, and utilities—truckers...
Read MoreAutomated vehicle legislation sought to make U.S. roads safer
Lawmakers are showing renewed interest in regulating automated vehicles as traffic deaths spike and self-driving technology continues to...
Read MoreHumans should drive our transit future, not autonomous vehicles
Just like the pilots in command of a highly automated aircraft, human operators must be onboard all passenger transport vehicles no matter...
Read MoreSelf-driving car companies zoom ahead, leaving U.S. regulators behind
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) to General Motors Co’s...
Read MoreWaymo can keep some driverless data secret for another 22 days
Waymo had small win Monday in its fight to keep certain details about its autonomous vehicle operations from public view. The...
Read MoreDel. judge says Amazon self-driving vehicle unit must provide some merger records
(Reuters) – Self-driving vehicle developer Zoox shareholders can see limited records on Amazon’s $1.3 billion acquisition of the...
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