As the end of the year approaches, U.S. senators are making a final push to pass comprehensive legislation for a regulatory framework that would accelerate the deployment and use of self-driving cars.
Waymo will also continue its early rider program, which has been in operation in the Phoenix area since 2017.
From bypassing the rental counter to new ancillary sales opportunities, a completely connected rental fleet will transform the traditional rental model. And it can’t come soon enough.
Enterprise’s Assistant Vice President of Technology Innovation, Derik Reiser, spoke at the conference as one of four participants in a panel discussion sponsored by the Society of Collision Repair Specialists.
The companies plan on scaling the project to a commercial venture by 2022.
Waymo is the first autonomous vehicle company in the state to be allowed to test vehicles without a safety operator.
In partnership with the D.C. Infrastructure Academy, Ford will be training locals as vehicle operators, who will be responsible for monitoring and operating test vehicles.
The free service runs through Arlington's downtown area.
The 2018 Fleet Forward Conference convened Oct. 9-10 at The Pearl in San Francisco. The event is dedicated to providing strategies and new mobility solutions to fleets.
The Department of Transportation has expanded its voluntary guidance for the development of what it calls “automated vehicles.”