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Has Recent Automobile Innovation Impacted Automobile Manufacturers’ Avenues of Defense?

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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

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The Road Ahead – The Automated Vehicles Bill Becomes Law

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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

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Driverless Dilemma: Are We Lab Rats? Without Legal Recourse in the Experiment of Autonomous Driving?

In the maze of today’s technological advancements, our society is standing at a crossroads where progress meets safety. The intricate web of autonomous driving technology and legislative accountability is unraveling in front...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

More Autonomous Big Rigs Needed on the Road: Why Start There?

Many trucks on the freeway already drive themselves -with an operator on board. These trucks operate smoothly and safely with little to no human intervention. Such vehicles are capable of knowing when to make space and move...more

Hogan Lovells

Future of Mobility: Autonomous, Connected, Electric, Shared - Are you (still) in the driver's seat?

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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

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The Regulatory Fast Lane: Final Rule Updates Federal Safety Standards for Highly Automated Vehicles

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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

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Regulating the Road to Autonomous Vehicles - Promoting future technological developments with a holistic and flexible legal...

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Technology for autonomous vehicles (AVs) will continue to rapidly evolve in the next few years. This rise in innovation is accompanied by the emergence of new mobility players (new entrants) as well as commercial and...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Data Show Autonomous Cars May Drive More Safely than Human Drivers

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

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Gesetz zum autonomen Fahren – Haftung, Datenschutz und Co.

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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

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UK consults on rules for self-driving cars

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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

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Autonomous Vehicles: Legal and Regulatory Developments in the United States

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The evolution of autonomous vehicle technology and its forthcoming widespread use have the potential for many societal benefits, including safer roads, greater economic productivity, and better fuel economy. Along with the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Autonomous Bots as Personal Delivery Devices in Oklahoma

Governor Kevin Stitt signed a law in Oklahoma this week allowing small autonomous vehicles to operate on sidewalks and crosswalks (and on roadways in certain cases – maybe a pedestrian is in its path or there’s a hazard on...more

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California Starts Paving the Way with Issuance of First AV Deployment Permit

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An earlier Holland & Knight Transportation Blog discussed the progress of new autonomous vehicle (AV) regulations in California and the expected support of the Biden Administration. (See "New California Regulations Pave Way...more

Morgan Lewis

Morgan Lewis Automotive & Mobility – Q1 2021

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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

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KITT meets Spartacus

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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

L’avvocato di Supercar

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

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Living Mobility Spotlight Q&A series (UPDATED)

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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

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How much can your car know about you? – EU guidelines on data protection and connected vehicles

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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

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Flying Car Receives EASA Certification in Europe

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

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Roadmap and milestones of German laws for autonomous vehicles

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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

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Living Mobility Spotlight Q&A series

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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

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Columbus develops UTC to simplify EV adoption for fleets

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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

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Considerations for Operating or Working With Tech Startups in Automotive and Mobility

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The automotive and mobility technology space continues to grow in line with the speed of automotive innovations. Startups are playing a key role in developing these cutting-edge technologies, including in autonomous driving,...more

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Japan Insight: Japan’s Tech Innovation in Automotive and Mobility: What Investors and Startups Should Know

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Led in part by Japan, the third largest auto-producing nation in the world, the automotive and mobility technology space continues to grow at speeds as fast as the fastest new automotive innovations. Startups are playing a...more

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Jacksonville’s Program to Meld Old Infrastructure and New AV Technology

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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

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