WASHINGTON DC – The Department of Transportation and National Highway Safety Administration will be unveiling this week and later this month, a three-point plan to bring the auto industry up to speed and accelerate the rollout of new technology to vehicles, the Car Connection reports.
- The first piece of that plan debuts today, when U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx pays a visit to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Among the announcements he’s expected to make is a proposal to speed up the development of autonomous cars. Though Foxx has previously said that the DOT has no intention of regulating self-driving vehicles, he wants the agency to establish baselines that all autonomous cars must meet before hitting the road.
- Friday, NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind will make his own appearance at NAIAS. He’s widely expected to talk about a new consortium between automakers and the federal government that will make it easier and faster for car companies to roll out new safety technology. The consortium could be modeled after the Federal Aviation Administration, which has encouraged airlines to share their safety technology with competitors, making the skies safer for all.
- Before the month is through, NHTSA says that up to ten automakers will announce plans to provide emergency braking systems as standard equipment on many of their vehicles.
