NHTSA's acting chief said on Friday the agency is in talks with General Motors on its January 2018 petition to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles on U.S. roads without steering wheels or other human controls.
Acting NHTSA Administrator James Owens said his agency aims to make a decision soon on GM's petition, as well as a request by Softbank Corp-backed driverless delivery startup Nuro to deploy a limited number of low-speed, highly automated delivery vehicles without human occupants...
..."I expect we're going to be able to move forward with these petitions soon - as soon as we can," Owens told Reuters, adding action "definitely" would come next year.
"This will be a big deal because this will be the first such action that will be taken," Owens said...
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