Self-Driving Cars Need the Public’s Buy-in

SAE International has been tasked by the federal government with devising standards around the development and deployment of self-driving vehicles. But what good are rules if John Q. Public is too scared to get inside a robocar in the first place? That’s why, in...

PennDOT Issues Guidance for Highly Automated Vehicles

PennDOT has issued guidance to enhance safety oversight of highly automated vehicles. After discussions and meetings with the state’s Autonomous Vehicle Policy Task Force and more than a dozen automated vehicle technology companies, PennDOT issued guidance to...

Connected Cars Confront an Old Problem

Companies developing autonomous and connected-vehicle technology are bumping into an old problem concerning electronics: interference from other wireless devices. These signals, referred to as electromagnetic interference, go back to the early days of radio technology...

Self-driving Bill Critics Oppose Maneuver to Clear Senate

Safety and consumer advocates are urging senators to reject a parliamentary maneuver to secure passage for stalled legislation governing self-driving cars by attaching it to a must-pass reauthorization for the Federal Aviation Administration. The AV START Act, which...