NHTSA Moves to Set Performance-Based Safety Standards for Autonomous Vehicles

NHTSA is developing new federal performance-based safety standards for automated driving systems and launched the ASCEND alliance with SAE to update FMVSS rules, paving the way for larger-scale robotaxi deployment.

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