Elon Musk at work? Despite a campaign pledge to ‘stop [autonomous cars] from operating on American roads,’ Team Trump is now pushing for Congress to facilitate their adoption.
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly working on a new federal framework for self-driving cars.
According to Bloomberg, the incoming Trump administration wants to make it easier for car companies to put autonomous vehicles on the road. The Transportation Department can create rules for the technology, but having Congress tackle the issue would put it on more solid ground. As a result, a « bipartisan legislative measure » is under discussion, Bloomberg reports.
The Trump team has not commented on its plans. But on the campaign trail, Trump said self-driving cars are a « little concerning to me », and pledged to « stop [autonomous cars] from operating on American roads. » His comments were a little disjointed, however, and may have been referencing self-driving cars from China rather than US-made autonomous vehicles.
Has Elon Musk, now a key advisor to the president-elect, eased Trump’s concerns? Musk has bet Tesla’s future on the company’s ability to « solve self-driving.
