In September, for instance, the agency penalized Cruise, the General Motors GM.N-owned self-driving business, $1.5 million for failing.
To disclose a 2023 incident in which a car struck and pulled a person who had been struck by another vehicle.
GM said that it will stop developing robotaxis at Cruise and incorporate it into its team that is developing driver-assistance technologies.
Automakers are required under the NHTSA’s so-called standing general order to report incidents if, among other things, advanced driver-assistance or autonomous-driving technology were activated within 30 seconds of impact.
The suggestions urge the government to “liberalize” autonomous vehicle legislation and implement “basic regulations to enable development” of the sector, in addition to doing away with the reporting mandate.
