- GM CEO, Mary Barra, met with key senators to push for legislation to speed up self-driving vehicle deployment on US roads.
- Congress has been stymied for over six years regarding legislation to ease regulations for autonomous vehicles.
- GM and its self-driving technology unit, Cruise, disclosed in February 2022 that they petitioned NHTSA for permission to deploy 2,500 self-driving vehicles annually without steering wheels, mirrors, turn signals or windshield wipers.
- Cruise in 2021 urged President Joe Biden to back self-driving car legislation, saying the country risked lagging behind China.
GM CEO meets with senators on self-driving cars
General Motors CEO Mary Barra met with two key senators on Thursday as the Detroit automaker pushes for legislation to speed deployment of self-driving vehicles on U.S. roads.
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