The Driverless Commute: Cities aren’t planning for AV deployment and that’s a problem; NHTSA is weighing rewrites of car and commercial vehicle rules; US lags global rivals over lack of national legislation

1. Urban (not)planning Cities were once highly compact and walkable places that blended residences and workplaces and where people commanded […]

By Eric Tanenblatt and James Richardson

The Driverless Commute: New Federal Autonomous Vehicle Rules on the Horizon

On Wednesday, May 22, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced […]

By Eric Tanenblatt, Crawford Schneider, and Matthew Ludwig

The Driverless Commute: Groups ask NHTSA to pump brakes on GM AV petition; USPS goes driverless; the last-ten-feet problem; and Cruise can make left turns in San Fran better than you

1. Public comment season Groups representing property and life insurance providers, car dealers and consumer safety advocates were among those […]

By Eric Tanenblatt and James Richardson

The Driverless Commute: Senior Senate GOPer pledges to renew push for federal AV bill, again; is China going to leapfrog the US in the AV leaderboard?; and a RI cop pulled over an AV shuttle because it looked weird.

1. New hope for federal AV framework? Doubtful. Senate Republicans will rev consideration of a long-stalled comprehensive federal framework for […]

By Eric Tanenblatt and James Richardson

The Driverless Commute: If AVs take more risks now in early-phase deployment, will they be safer in the long-term?; big electrification news on both coasts; an electrified future for LA while Trump is open to spending on EV charging networks.

1. Humans can’t stop rear-ending slow-moving autonomous vehicles. But who’s to blame: the human, whose behavior mirrors norms if not […]

By Eric Tanenblatt and James Richardson

The Driverless Commute: A light pollution solution in AVs; Tesla-taxis; and Waymo’s app is up for download

1. Seeing in the dark A new paper published this month in the journal of Science and Engineering Ethics posits […]

By Eric Tanenblatt and James Richardson

Autonomous Vehicles

The Driverless Commute in Compliance Review: The prospect of the commercialization of Level-3 autonomous driving in China

1. Baidu joins hands with GAC, formally launching the high-precision map and self-localization mass production project On April 11, Guangzhou […]

By Henry Chen

The Driverless Commute: Is 2019 a bear turn for AVs?; the fight over connected car communication divides car makers in Europe; cheaper, lighter LiDAR and machine-learning for lane-keeping.

1. A bear year 2018 was the year of the driverless car. No, they didn’t become commercially available and they […]

By Eric Tanenblatt and James Richardson

Autonomous Vehicles

The Driverless Commute in Compliance Review: Intelligent and digital infrastructures are scheduled to accompany automatic vehicles in China

Boao Forum for Asia (“BFA”) was held on March 26 to 29, 2019. Its sub-forum — 5G: The achiever of […]

By Henry Chen

The Driverless Commute: Disengagement reports from China to California and lessons for AV sector in jet crashes

1. Beijing just issued AV report cards. Here’s why you should use California’s instead. Beijing transportation officials offered this week […]

By Eric Tanenblatt and James Richardson

The Driverless Commute: GM’s driverless exemption petition advances, but key questions for industry remains; a driver’s test for driverless cars; and robo-race car to edge test

1. NHTSA advances GM’s FMVSS exemption bid. But we still don’t have answers on liability. The National Highway Traffic Safety […]

By Eric Tanenblatt and James Richardson

The Driverless Commute in Law360: What’s Ahead For Autonomous Vehicle Test Driver Regs

Autonomous vehicles are layered with complex, still-emerging technology. As a result, what makes driverless cars tick is a mystery for […]

By Eric Tanenblatt and Crawford Schneider