Congress drafts first sections of new, bipartisan autonomous vehicle bill
In the nation’s capital, it is a rare sight for all the players in an industry, large and small, to come together and ask for new regulations. The relationship between regulator and regulated can sometimes be adversarial at worst, tense at best. But in the case of automated vehicles (AVs) – a technology whose driving philosophy is reducing roadway deaths and injuries – it has become a shared priority to create a federal regulatory framework to assure safety.