Self-driving Tech’s Lobbying Supergroup To Play Many Dates In Dc

Lobbyists are the invisible force in government. They represent companies, special interests, and other groups in an effort to convince lawmakers to make life easier for the people and businesses they represent. Now a handful of companies – including self-driving car heavyweights Ford, Google, Lyft, Uber, and Volvo – that stand to benefit the most from the legal allowance of autonomous vehicles on US roadways are combining forces to form a super-lobbying group, and they are on a mission to educate lawmakers on the many benefits of driverless cars. Few industries have as much red tape as the auto industry, and when you look at an emerging technology like autonomous vehicles, the delay between going to market and having the legal framework to operate across the nation is what will ultimately make or break that industry. See also: China moves into passing lane on self-driving regulations David Strickland, the coalition’s spokesperson, said “the best path for this innovation is to have one clear set of federal standards and the coalition will work with policymakers to find the right solutions that will facilitate the deployment of self-driving vehicles.” Having Federal guidelines in place will certainly make lives easier for manufactures and developers of this technology as they will have less hoops to jump through on a state-by-state level.