A digest clocking the most important technical, legal and regulatory developments shaping the path to full autonomy
Both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have extended the comment […]
1. The big question before AV makers: first, or best? As the unit economics of driverless cars continue to spiral, […]
1. Big tabs and hard realities. Going-it-alone is, like, so 2018. Volkswagen and Ford, one-time rivals fast sobering to the […]
The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards need to be reworked or overhauled if autonomous vehicles are going to reach their […]
1. Assumptions and expectations Apple, the famously secretive consumer electronics giant, said this week it had acquired self-driving startup Drive.AI, […]
1. Disruption The years that followed the September 11, 2001 terror attacks were uniquely challenging for airlines, but consolidation, cheap […]
1. Urban (not)planning Cities were once highly compact and walkable places that blended residences and workplaces and where people commanded […]
On Wednesday, May 22, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced […]
1. Public comment season Groups representing property and life insurance providers, car dealers and consumer safety advocates were among those […]
1. New hope for federal AV framework? Doubtful. Senate Republicans will rev consideration of a long-stalled comprehensive federal framework for […]
1. Humans can’t stop rear-ending slow-moving autonomous vehicles. But who’s to blame: the human, whose behavior mirrors norms if not […]
1. Seeing in the dark A new paper published this month in the journal of Science and Engineering Ethics posits […]
