A new request has been sent to President Biden.
What began as a heavily modified Chevrolet Bolt has become something quite different. Cruise LLC, which is majority-owned by General Motors, is eager to get its fully autonomous technology on the road, but it requires political assistance to help make that happen. According to a letter seen by Reuters, Cruise CEO Dan Ammann wrote to President Biden last month with a big request.
He wants the president to back legislation to increase the maximum number of vehicles a company can have exempted from safety standards that don t meet current federal requirements stating a human driver is required. Ammann, simply put, wants more driverless testing to begin immediately. Not only is this necessary to expand the business and improve technology, but he also claims the US is in a battle against China in the autonomous technology race.
CEO Dec 1, 2019
More companies are trying to bring self-driving cars to the masses than ever before. Yet a truly autonomous vehicle still doesn’t exist. And it’s not clear if, or when, our driverless future will arrive. Proponents in the industry, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Waymo CEO John Krafcik and Cruise CEO Dan Ammann, touted an aggressive timeline but missed and reset. Driver Nov 27, 2019
It’s a great time to be a dealer, Teslas cost more because materials cost more, and Joe Biden. All that and more in The Morning Shift for June 1, 2021.