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Vehicles are more complex now, than ever, offering incredible and exciting technology, including self-driving features. But as innovation continues to rapidly change the automotive industry, can we expect the same innovation...more
The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (the "Act") received royal assent on 20 May 2024, two days before the general election was announced and the wash-up period began for the now-dissolved Parliament....more
Established companies are working to succeed in the current market while also preparing for a future that is very different from the business that characterized past decades. The challenges are profound in maintaining...more
The Final Rule maintains the occupant protection performance required by the 200-Series FMVSS. It alters FMVSS definitions to accommodate emerging ADS technology and clarifies for manufacturers the application of particular...more
IDTechEx, which provides market research on emerging technology, analyzed California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) autonomous vehicle collision reports. Per California regulation, every company testing autonomous...more
Der Bundesrat hat am 28. Mai 2021 dem vom Bundestag am 20. Mai 2021 verabschiedeten "Gesetz zum autonomen Fahren" (BT-Drucksache 19/27439) zugestimmt und damit die Voraussetzungen für den Einsatz von Kraftfahrzeugen mit...more
The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that a form of self-driving technology could be lawful on UK roads for the first time by the end of 2021. The technology enables drivers to hand over control of the...more
Welcome to the 27th edition of our newsletter on developments in the automotive industry published by Morgan Lewis’s automotive and mobility team with contributions from lawyers in our offices around the globe. We counsel our...more
Who would be responsible if KITT, the supercar of the famous TV series, were to cause an accident: the company that produced the car, the driver or maybe KITT itself?...more
Chi dovrebbe pagare i danni se KITT, la mitica Supercar della serie TV, provocasse un incidente? L’azienda che produce la macchina, il guidatore o magari la stessa KITT?...more
What is Living Mobility? It is easier to say what it is not. The automotive industry is no longer focused on the traditional vehicle. Not only are the vehicles changing but we are now focused on mobility: different modes of...more
Cars today are able to keep us permanently plugged-in, while collecting and generating increasing amounts of information as a result of their interaction with the driver, passengers, pedestrians, other vehicles, road...more
PAL-V, the first flying car to be allowed on the road in Europe, is now also the first flying car to complete full certification with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). ...more
There’s no stopping the automation of vehicle functions. OEMs’ technologies might not be progressing by leaps and bounds, but they are still evolving at a rapid pace. Not a week goes by when we don’t hear about things like...more
One of the goals of Smart Columbus is to “introduce 300 EVs [electric vehicles] into public fleets by 2020,” and the City of Columbus has created a Universal Term Contract (UTC) to facilitate the EV adoption process for...more
Like several state and local transportation agencies around the nation, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) is looking to roll out a fleet of autonomous vehicles. However, unlike other entities, the JTA is hoping...more
For the first time, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) grants petition for temporary exemption for an electric vehicle with an automated driving system – the Nuro R2X. ...more
Self-driving cars are inherently presented with a challenge—communicating with their surroundings. However, Drive.ai has attempted to address that challenge by equipping its self-driving cars with external communication...more
The UK has published its Road to Zero Strategy, a policy roadmap for the UK’s decarbonization pathway to zero emission vehicles (ZEV)....more
Self-driving cars and related legal issues have captivated the cybersecurity world as of late. And with good reason. In 2018 we saw the first fatality associated with a self-driving Uber, adding to the growing attention paid...more
Forever renowned as the first company to mass-produce the automobile, Ford was not the first disruptor when it came to autonomous vehicles (AVs). By the time the company opened its Palo Alto R&D center in 2015, several other...more
California’s regulations governing the testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles went into effect last week. ...more
Just before Christmas, the Law Commission announced plans to develop laws to support the safe development and use of driverless cars in the UK. The aim is to develop legislation which may be ready as early as 2021....more
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, automotive technology continued its growing role at the show and shared the spotlight with virtual and augmented reality systems, video recording toothbrushes, and smart home products...more