California regulator proposed rules that will allow testing of full self-driving vehicles on roads by end of 2017, with some vehicles possibly available to customers by 2018

Briefing

California regulator proposed rules that will allow testing of full self-driving vehicles on roads by end of 2017, with some vehicles possibly available to customers by 2018

March 30, 2017

Briefing

  • Proposed New Rules – California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) proposed new rules allowing self-driving vehicles without steering wheels, pedals, and human driver to be tested on public roads in California by end of 2017
  • Deliberation Period – New regulations are subject to public hearing and comment period, and could change
  • Vehicle Commercialization – Could approve limited number of vehicles for commercialization as early as 2018, provided federal government permits said vehicles
  • Real Road Tests – Two years of road testing in California show self-driving cars rarely caused incidents, with Google's Waymo reporting that out of 424,331 miles driven, driver intervened just 11 times to avoid collision
  • Approved Permits – 27 companies have permits from DMV to test their vehicles on California roads
  • Other States' Policies – Other states, including Michigan, Nevada, and Florida, have allowed self-driving cars to be tested on roads

Accelerator

Market Disruption

Sector

Government (excluding military), Information Technology, Transportation and Logistics

Organization

California Department of Motor Vehicles

Source

Original Publication Date

March 10, 2017

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