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Advisory group on self-driving cars stalls under Trump

August 25, 2017

The government’s council on self-driving cars, which was working to speed up efforts to bring autonomous vehicles to the road, has stalled under the Trump administration.

The Federal Committee on Automation held its first meeting on Jan. 16, with representatives from major companies including Apple, Lyft, GM and Ford.

But the council has not met since then and has no plans to meet in the future, two sources confirmed to The Hill, as first reported by Recode.

The committee hasn’t officially been scrapped by the administration, however it has no clear plans moving forward.

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