Alliance Statement on US DOT Automated Vehicles Announcement
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- Preserve automaker innovation;
- Streamline legislative and regulatory activity to support the global manufacturing process;
- Provide automakers clear liability protection regarding aftermarket conversion.
Automakers invest over $100 billion globally each year on R&D to produce reliable and safe mobility solutions, and 99 percent of this investment in America is from private – nongovernmental – sources.
Automakers continue to work on proactive voluntary collaborations to progress industry-wide automation, safety, and security standards. And manufacturers encourage the examination of and investment in public infrastructure improvements in standardized signage, lane marking, and lighting needed to make large scale AVs fully operational.