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Briefing
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- SELF DRIVE Act – U.S. House of Representatives passed SELF DRIVE (Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution) Act, new bill that will pave way for more driverless cars on roads, with bipartisan support on September 2017
- National Framework – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to set common framework that will guide vehicle design, construction, and performance, bypassing 21 different state laws governing autonomous vehicles, while states maintain authority over vehicle registration and licensing
- Privacy-Enabled – Will require companies to submit privacy plans citing how data is collected, used, and stored; how customers are informed about their data; and what customers can do if they refuse to share data
- More Exemptions – Will allow each company to deploy 25,000 self-driving cars in first year of implementation, reaching 100,000 in three-year period
- Stuck in Senate – Bill still in Senate as of January 2018, with Democrat senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Edward Markey (D-MA) doubting readiness of autonomous vehicles and susceptibility to cyber attacks
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Accelerator
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Market Disruption
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Sector
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Government (excluding military), Information Technology, Transportation and Logistics
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Organization
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U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, U.S. Senate
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Source
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Romm, T., "A bill to put more self-driving cars on U.S. roads is stuck in the Senate",
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Muoio, D., "The House just passed a bill to put thousands of self-driving cars on the road each year",
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Neidig, H., "House passes bill paving the way for driverless cars",
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Marshall, A., "Congress unites (gasp) to spread self-driving cars across America",
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AcceleratingBiz analysis
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Original Publication Date
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January 18, 2018
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