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 ...

This isn’t exactly a straightforward process as the NHTSA noted there will likely be ... the rules need to be adapted to allow for vehicles with manual controls, fully automated controls and ...

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 ...