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In a surprising step, President Trump’s transportation department I decided to preserve the base of the Baiden era Calculating car manufacturers and technology companies to report incidents that include completely or partial independent vehicles. But they are making some changes that are likely to have a significant impact on one company.
In 2021, the National Department of Traffic Safety on Highway He issued a complete public order (SGA) Ask from auto and technology companies to report incidents that include completely independent vehicles, in addition to the driver’s aid systems from the 2nd level in millions of vehicles on the road today. Under the SGO, companies must document collisions when the automatic driving system was in use within 30 seconds of influence and reporting these incidents to the government.
Last year, Reuters She stated that the Trump transfer team was considering breaking the base of reporting, specifically as a good for Tesla. Autopilot systems of the company and full self -driving features are covered, which are a 2 -level driver assistance systems that require drivers to pay attention, both under the base. And because it was implemented, Tesla informed more than 1500 incidents of the federal governmentand Reuters He says. An analysis of disruption data shows that Tesla represents 40 out of 45 fatal accidents reported under SGO.
Management maintains the base, but not without some major changes. Usdot announced On Thursday, an automatic framework frame keeps “keep”, but with simplified reports that remove “unnecessary and reliable requirements.” According to Usdot Sean Duffy, the new frame aims to “reduce the red tape and bring us closer to one national standard that transforms innovation and gives priority to safety.”
Under the previous SGO, if a car with a helping 2 or higher -or -breaking drivers does not include death or a weak road user (think about pedestrians or cyclists), then this should be reported within 5 days if the car or expert in the field of an independent car should be pulled.
Management maintains the base, but not without some major changes.
Now, under the revised rule, the collapse should only be reported if the car contains an automatic 4 -level automatic driving system, such as Waymo. Vehicle accidents that involve level systems 2 that do not include a death or user on weak roads are now disrupted by reports. And who benefits more than this change?
“This has a great impact on a specific company, Tesla, because the automated pilot and (full self -driving) are only L2 systems, not automatic driving systems,” explains Abuelsamid. “Tesla has long complained about the fact that the vast majority of the SGO reports are their cars, and this will cancel all reports that do not include deaths or hit a weak road user.”
In its report from December, Reuters He cited several sources close to Tesla, saying that the company “despises” the permanent public order, as the CEO Elon Musk concluded that the matter will change in the administration in order to get rid of it. Musk was one of Trump’s most defenders during the campaign, as he spent at least $ 277 million of his money to support his candidacy. And run Ministry of Governmental efficiency In order to cut off government spending, eliminate humanitarian aid, and terrorize federal workers.
The end result is much lower than the bad press of Tesla (which certainly has its fair share) the surrounding incidents that involve its cars, as well as less transparency for the audience that can be relied upon in corporate cars, which are not.
The department also expanded the ATP vehicle exempting program, which was only previously open to imported vehicles, to now include locally produced cars. Abuelsamid speculates that this program was mostly used to import low -judging shuttle compounds such as that manufacturer French company Navya, which was used in many experimental programs throughout the country.
It is not surprising, that USDot officials put changes as enabling the AV operators to work more accurately without slowing many government requirements in the process.
“By simplifying SGO for collision reports and expanding the current exemption program for local vehicles, we enable AV manufacturers to develop faster time and spend less time in an unnecessary process, as safety progress continues,” said Peter Simchwser, Senior Consultant at NHTSA in a statement. “These are the first steps towards making America a more welcome environment for the next generation of auto technology.”