CalWatchdog Morning Read – October 31

by CalWatchdog Staff | October 31, 2016 9:13 am

Good morning and Happy Halloween. Today’s newsletter is totally free of news about Hillary Clinton’s emails. Instead, we begin with innovation and regulation — nothing more California than that. 

Hopes that California would emerge as the global center for what eventually could be a multitrillion-dollar industry — self-driving vehicles — have taken a step back.

New proposed rules[1] unveiled this month by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles drew sharp complaints from the leading companies in the field — Google, General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen and Honda — as being far too onerous and certain to slow innovation. They are among 18 firms with licenses to test autonomous vehicles in California.

A nascent industry group — The Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, whose members include Lyft, Uber Technologies and Volvo — released a statement that the rules “could greatly delay the benefits that self-driving vehicles can bring to safety and mobility for individuals.”

CalWatchdog[2] has more. 

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Endnotes:
  1. proposed rules: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/wcm/connect/211897ae-c58a-4f28-a2b7-03cbe213e51d/avexpressterms_93016.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
  2. CalWatchdog: http://calwatchdog.com/2016/10/28/proposed-rules-self-driving-cars-draw-heavy-criticism-industry-leaders/
  3. Politico: http://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2016/10/california-republicans-are-in-trouble-but-its-not-all-donald-trumps-fault-106878
  4. Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-roadmap-column-20161030-snap-story.html
  5. The Orange County Register: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/tax-733766-million-california.html
  6. Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-proposition-64-marijuana-legalization-qa-20161030-snap-20161029-story.html

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