Automakers and industry groups debated Monday the proper roles for the federal government and states in regulating self-driving cars under rules that have been proposed by the Obama administration. But it was the specter of President-elect Donald Trump that hung over the proceedings.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration convened its second public hearing on the proposed self-driving regulations. This hearing focused on “modern regulatory techniques” and creating a “model state policy.”
But several speakers that were supposed to speak during the meeting did not show up in a possible sign of the lame-duck status of the Obama administration’s proposed self-driving rules.
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