WASHINGTON – Major automakers want Congress and the Trump administration to move faster to make it easier to deploy autonomous vehicles without human controls as new robotaxi tests expand.
Congress has been divided for years about whether to pass legislation to address deployment hurdles, while the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has not moved quickly to rewrite safety rules or allow exemptions for up to 2,500 vehicles without human controls annually and ease other hurdles.
“The auto industry wants, it needs a functioning and effective auto safety regulator. We don’t have that today,” said Alliance for Automotive Innovation CEO John Bozzella at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on Thursday. “The agency isn’t nimble. Rulemakings take too long if they come at all.”
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