The main tasks of the new unit comprise overall strategy and implementation of the automated driving roadmap, including research and development as well as setting up the required operations infrastructure and network.
Local government officials will meet with New York municipal planners, transportation professionals, business leaders, and lawmakers to discuss how autonomous vehicles will transform the state's economy and transportation infrastructure.
Autonomous vehicles could eventually allow riders to work from their vehicle while it's in transit, a fact that's inspiring OEMs to consider new interior designs.
Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous car company announced Thursday that it is significantly ramping up its partnership with Fiat Chrysler, and over time will add up to 62,000 Pacifica Hybrid minivans to its fleet.
Level 4 and Level 5 autonomous vehicles will make up close to 10 percent of the global new-vehicle market in 2030, representing an annual volume of more than 10 million units by then.
Dara Khosrowshahi said that Uber still believes in the prospects for autonomous transport after one of its self-driving vehicles was involved in a fatal crash in Arizona..
In response, Uber has pulled all of its self-driving cars from public roads in the state as well as in the cities of San Francisco, Toronto and Pittsburgh.
