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The City of Grand Rapids--along with partners May Mobility, Consumers Energy, PlanetM/Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Rockford Construction, Start Garden/Seamless, Faurecia, Gentex, and Steelcase--launched a year-long autonomous vehicle ...

The act passed by the Council of the District of Columbia defines an autonomous vehicle as: “a vehicle capable of navigating District roadways and interpreting traffic-control devices without a driver actively operating of the vehicles control systems.” The ...

Currently, the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) specify 73 standards that must be present on vehicles to be sold in the US. However, there are not separate standards ...

Spurred by an Executive Order by Governor Charlie Baker to promote the testing of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), the City of Boston partnered with startup nuTonomy to test AVs. The preliminary tests took place in a 191-acre industrial park, allowing ...

In October 2018, the City of Edmonton launched a three-month autonomous vehicle pilot project. The pilot used 12-person electric autonomous shuttles manufactured by EasyMile. Throughout the duration of the pilot, the shuttles operated on differing routes, ...

Adding onto a bill that was passed in April 2012, this law allows the operation of autonomous vehicles on public roads without the presence of a driver. It also eliminates the requirement that the self-driving car can only operate under testing purposes ...

The bill defines what an autonomous vehicle is, how it can be used, and other necessary details on how such vehicles can be operated in California. This legislation allows the operation of autonomous vehicles on public roads as long as the proper documentation ...

The Legislative Assembly of North Dakota passed a bill to conduct a study of autonomous vehicles within the state. If funded, this study would have considered the testing of autonomous vehicles in North Dakota and establishing an automated corridor in ...

This bill requires the study of autonomous vehicles in the state of Utah and defines the terms associated with automated technologies for certain state agencies. The bill states that the Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles, and the ...

At Christchurch International airport in New Zealand, an electric-powered autonomous Navya 15-person shuttle began testing on private airport roads in 2017 as part of an AV trial.  The shuttle was on loan to the airport from technology company HMI T. The ...