The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is working on federal rules for autonomous vehicles. US Develops Federal Safety Standards as Autonomous Vehicles Expand...
Read MoreChina has proposed adding autonomous driving to its national traffic law, marking the first time the new technology has been addressed at the national legal level. https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018990...
Read MoreThe UAE Cabinet has approved a federal law for autonomous vehicles. Dubai wants 25 per cent driverless trips by 2030 as Uber robotaxis roll out services...
Read MoreChina has proposed adding a dedicated chapter on autonomous vehicles to its Road Traffic Safety Law, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency....
Read MoreOn July 30 and 31, 2026, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) unveiled a coordinated series of regulatory and policy actions that together represent the most...
Read MoreChina introduced on Tuesday its first mandatory national safety standards for advanced autonomous vehicles, requiring automakers to build end-to-end safety systems before deploying Level 3 and Level 4 self-driving technologies...
Read MoreFollowing a string of Waymo-fueled traffic meltdowns in the Bay Area, a new federal bill aims to improve coordination between autonomous vehicle companies and emergency responders....
Read MoreWith the adoption of UN Regulation No. 185 and UN Global Technical Regulation No. 26 for automated driving systems (ADS), the UNECE World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) expanded the international...
Read MoreThe United Nations has signed off on the world’s first global safety rules for fully self-driving cars. As a result, Canada will have to build its own domestic rules for the technology within the next few years....
Read MoreThe United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has adopted the first internationally harmonised legal framework for autonomous vehicles. UNECE adopts regulatory framework for fully autonomous vehicles...
Read MoreThe United Nations adopts the world’s first global technical regulation for autonomous driving systems on June 25, with China co-leading the drafting process — a milestone that could accelerate Chinese Robotaxi and...
Read MoreThe Trump administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed new changes to federal vehicle regulations that would allow companies to skip including brake pedals in “vehicles designed to be driven exclusively by...
Read MoreThe new regulatory framework – adopted on Wednesday by the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations – comes a decade after early predictions of widespread automated...
Read MoreThe U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure recently advanced by strong bipartisan vote the BUILD America 250 Act (H.R. 8870), which included – for the first time – a federal regulatory...
Read MoreSaudi Arabia has introduced new traffic regulations governing self-driving vehicles, establishing legal responsibilities for owners and operators....
Read MoreOn May 22, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the BUILD America 250 Act, a five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill intended to replace the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),...
Read MoreThe Senate Committee Substitute for S-1677, which establishes an autonomous vehicle pilot program, was favorably reported from the Senate Transportation Committee on Monday. The bill was referred to the Senate Budget and...
Read MoreDeveloped in parallel to ensure harmonized technical requirements across jurisdictions, the UNR and GTR are expected to be adopted at the 199th WP.29 session in June 2026. UN Regulation and GTR on Automated Driving Systems:...
Read MoreThe Alaska House advanced a bill Thursday that would regulate commercial self-driving vehicles....
Read MoreThe new Department of Motor Vehicles regulations allow law enforcement agencies to issue notices of traffic violations to autonomous vehicle companies when their cars commit moving violations....
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