Automakers, tech industry urge Trump to speed self-driving car deployment

Automakers, tech industry urge Trump to speed self-driving car deployment

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Automakers, tech industry urge Trump to speed self-driving car deployment

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major automakers and tech groups on Tuesday called on the Trump administration to take steps to speed deployment of self-driving cars, citing a number of regulatory hurdles.

The Alliance For Automotive Innovation, a group representing nearly all major automakers, the Consumer Technology Association, the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association and other groups in a letter called on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to quickly implement a national performance-based framework and to assert the federal government's role as sole regulator of self-driving vehicle hardware and software.