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NHTSA Rule Streamlines Process for Self-Driving Vehicles; DOT Seeks V2X Comment

A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration final rule streamlines application and review processes for self-driving vehicles. Manufacturers must petition to apply for temporary exemption if a proposed new vehicle doesn’t comply with federal motor vehicle safety standards, it announced. The…

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rule eliminates a provision the agency deem a petition complete before publishing summary notices for comment. It's effective 30 days after Federal Register publication. Also Tuesday, the Department of Transportation sought comment on integration of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications technologies into transportation. It wants feedback, also 30 days after FR publication, on “issues ranging from the use of alternative and emerging communications technologies to support V2X, to the challenges associated with achieving interoperability while accommodating technological change.”