INTERIM TREND. Self Driving Cars. Federal Testing Sites. 4 Points Informed Intel.

Who is supporting self driving car testing sites? 3 Michigan lawmakers: U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow and Representative Debbie Dingell

The propsed location: Michigan

the propsed testing site: 335-acre site, former home of General Motors Willow Run plant that made bombers during World War II.

The purpose of a national testing site? To keep the U.S. competitive

NYTIMES | Testing Sites for Self-Driving Cars Become a Priority

3 Reasons Consumer Advocates Concerned by Self Driving Car Regs.

Consumer Groups support through rule making from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator and not simply guidance
Federal guidance on self driving cars has not been transparent
Federal guidance has not involved public input

The Recorder | Consumer Advocates Wary as Regulators Near ‘Guidance’ on Driverless Cars

TREND. Self Driving Car Tech Alliance

What companies are directly involved?

BMW AG,
Intel Corp.
Israel’s Mobileye NV

Which motor vehcle companies are included via Mobile eye?

General Motors Co.
Volkswagen AG.

What’s the goal of the Alliance?

develop the necessary solutions and innovative systems
for highly and fully automated driving

Wallstreet Journal | BMW, Intel, Mobileye Link Up in Self-Driving Tech Alliance

Local Governments to Be 1st with Full Use of Self Driving Cars

Which cities wants to get into self driving cars and ride share? San Francisco, Portland, Kansas City, Columbus, Denver, Austin and Pittsburgh

What sparked local government use of slef driving cars? U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge

What is the Smart City Challenge? eliminating or greatly reducing congestion, traffic fatalities and carbon emissions

What grants are available? $40 million in funding to connect transportation assets into an interactive…

1 Key Element Missing from Self Driving Car Laws

Data Security is the 1 key element missing from the 7 states that have passed self driving car laws.

Cars can be hacked. Cars contain data. The data your car’s computers contain can be used for:

direct & targeted marketing
cam be accessed by hackers

California is addressing vehicle data via regulation by requiring:

notice and consent
before information can be collected from operators
this excludes information that is needed to operate the vehicle

The Guardian | Self-driving cars:…

7 States Self Driving Car Laws. Tech + Autos = TREND.

California
Florida
Michigan
Nevada
North Dakota
Utah
Tennessee
D.C.

NCSL | AUTONOMOUS | SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES LEGISLATION

Self Driving Cars. Honking. 3 Pieces of Intel about Self-Honking Cars.

Google is programming self driving cars with the ability to honk. Here’s what you need to know when Texas considers self-driving car bills again in 2017:

Google is pre-programming 2 honks:
- a friendly “quiet two pips” to alert other drivers
- af ull-on “loud sustained honk” for emergent situations
the human driver offers feedback to allow the honk or not
the honking system identifies false positives like cars making 3 point turns

Trusted Reviews | Google has taught its…