The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened the door for self-driving vehicles to operate without manual controls ... passengers as other cars. NHTSA acknowledged uncertainty ...

Today, autonomous vehicles that have all their manual parts are allowed to operate on public roads without oversight from NHTSA. But any AVs that can’t be taken over by a human driver have to ...

In June, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey wrote to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and NHTSA Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman protesting that advice. The agency now says the ...