NHTSA Releases Multi-Year Research Project on Modernizing Safety Standards for Automated Vehicles

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today released the fourth and final volume of its research effort “FMVSS Considerations for Vehicles with Automated Driving Systems.” This research explored potential technical changes to safety standards that would address conformity challenges posed by automated vehicles, which will inform NHTSA’s modernization efforts. This multi-year and multi-phased research project examined 81 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to determine how they could be applied to innovative vehicle designs, with extensive hands-on research.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/modernizing-safety-standards-for-automated-vehicles