[New post] Obama administration proposes $4B spend to tackle legal barriers to rapid rollout of self-driving cars

Ben Lovejoy posted: " When Tesla's Elon Musk tweeted that he expected to the company's cars to be able to drive themselves across the U.S. from coast to coast within two years, my response was that I might believe the tech could hit that deadline, but not the law. It seems" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Obama administration proposes $4B spend to tackle legal barriers to rapid rollout of self-driving cars by Ben Lovejoy When Tesla's Elon Musk tweeted that he expected to the company's cars to be able to drive themselves across the U.S. from coast to coast within two years, my response was that I might believe the tech could hit that deadline, but not the law. It seems I may be wrong. The WSJ reports that the Obama administration wants to invest $3.9B in crafting rules and policies to facilitate the rapid rollout of self-driving cars. This would take place at the federal level, ensuring consistent national laws rather that a patchwork of state-by-state regulations ... Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | January 15, 2016 at 5:31 am | Tags: Autonomous car, Elon Musk, Google Self-driving car, Google self-driving cars, Self-driving car, Self-driving cars, Tesla Motors | Categories: Self-Driving Car | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-xCN Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2016/01/15/self-driving-cars-law-3-9b/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com