This post offers a primer on federal legislation, regulation, and policy with respect to automated vehicles (AVs) – that is, motor vehicles equipped with an aut…
Automakers (including Tesla, Daimer, Ford, and GM) as well as automated-driving developers (including Waymo and Cruise) have recalled vehicles by pushing over-t…
Five years to the day after I criticized Uber for testing its self-proclaimed "self-driving" vehicles on California roads without complying with the t…
"Carmakers in the United States are allowed to self-certify that their vehicles comply with existing rules, said University of South Carolina law professor…
"“Traditional wisdom was companies like Google, Waymo, or Toyota, or GM, or even Uber are going to be really responsible, because if something bad happens…
"Patrick Lin is director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and he constructs grisly thou…
""This is not yet at the point where in any way it's economically better than just sending someone out in a car to deliver your groceries," s…
"The problems with the damaged highway divider do not “absolve Tesla of responsibility”, said Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor and exper…
"The report raised an issue for Tesla vehicles with Autopilot, as well as other vehicles with adaptive cruise control, said Bryant Walker Smith, an assista…
"The observations from Smith, who holds dual degrees in law and engineering, were particularly insightful. He started by challenging widely held perception…
"As Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor at University of South Carolina puts it, “we focus on what’s really sexy, like self-driving cars. And we forge…
""Those deployments will start small but grow fast," said Bryant Walker Smith, a specialist in autonomous vehicle regulation at the University of…