In a new report, the United States Chamber of Commerce recently laid out the potential social and economic benefits of passenger autonomous vehicles (AVs), and assessed several related adoption scenarios that highlighted the need for advance national regulatory action.
“As autonomous vehicle technology moves from proving grounds to city streets, this report quantifies the tremendous benefits these cars bring to consumers, businesses, and the economy, and presents a historic opportunity for the U.S. to lead in this industry of the future,” Jordan Crenshaw, senior vice president of the U.S. Chamber’s Technology Engagement Center (C_TEC), said. “However, autonomous vehicle policy in the U.S. is stuck in neutral, making it challenging to unlock the promising benefits of this transformational technology.
