{"id":2343,"date":"2021-07-29T20:49:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2021-07-29T20:49:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:49:32","slug":"why-are-av-companies-picking-tx-is-it-low-regulation-maybe-not-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/why-are-av-companies-picking-tx-is-it-low-regulation-maybe-not-so-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are AV companies picking TX? Is it low regulation? Maybe not so much."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s happening? We hear a lot about AZ and TX have low regulatory hurdles for autonomous vehicle testing. Some say it lures companies. If you&#8217;re Nuro the robot vehicle that delivers things like groceries, you choose Houston, TX because of topography. It&#8217;s flat. It is sprawling. It has a diverse customer base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is this important? It&#8217;s like that old lawyer saying- if the facts are on your side, argue the facts, if the law is on your side, argue the law. Here, nascent technologies like AVs handle flat roadways better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How will this be important? one trick ponies no more- think more holistically- its friendly regulations, a willingness to adapt with industry needs- AND population, diversity, topography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/next\/regulatory-landscapes-determine-paths-for-av-futures?utm_term=Regulatory%20Landscapes%20Determine%20Paths%20for%20AV%20Futures&amp;utm_campaign=Why%20Are%20Pedestrian%20Deaths%20at%20Epidemic%20Levels&amp;utm_content=email&amp;utm_source=Act-On+Software&amp;utm_medium=email\">Governing | Regulatory Landscapes Determine Paths for AV Futures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s happening? We hear a lot about AZ and TX have low regulatory hurdles for autonomous vehicle testing. Some say it lures companies. If you&#8217;re Nuro the robot vehicle that delivers things like groceries, you choose Houston, TX because of topography. It&#8217;s flat. It is sprawling. It has a diverse customer base. Why is this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2344,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343\/revisions\/2344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}