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Automobiles
Legacy ID
50
ADS Grant Overview
The Automated Driving System (ADS) Demonstration Grants Program – Public Law 115- 141, Division L, Title I – appropriated funding for a “highly automated vehicle research and development program” to fund planning, direct research, and demonstration grants for Automated Driving Systems and other...
ADS Grant Pre-Award Frequently Asked Questions
Question 1: Will the USDOT require that selected entities sign a specific data sharing agreement? Our experience with AV vendors is that they are hesitant to share certain data. Answer 1: USDOT will require data sharing agreement with the grantees, specific to the proposed...Remarks by DAS Finch Fulton
Traffic Safety and the 5.9 GHz Band
A PUBLIC CONFERENCE: June 3, 2019
On June 3, 2019, various State Departments of Transportation, representatives from the auto industry, and users met at DOT headquarters in Washington, D.C. to describe their technology for traffic safety and congestion mitigation at a public conference.
Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communications
Over the past several years, the U.S. DOT and its operating administrations have engaged in numerous activities related to connected vehicles, which generally encompass vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communications, collectively known...
Automated Driving System Demonstration Grants
On September 18, 2019, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced $60 million in Federal grant funding to the selected award recipients for the Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Demonstration Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity. (Press Release)
The 73 proposals are...
U.S. DOT Announces 2017 Roadway Fatalities Down
Fatal motor vehicle crashes are down by almost 2 percent after two years of large increases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that 2017 highway fatality...
Support for the Administration’s Joint Proposal to Set New, More Appropriate Vehicle Fuel Economy and CO2 Standards to Save Lives, Restore Consumer Choice and Improve the Economy
Detroit Free Press:“Saying those existing standards have helped push the cost of new vehicle to an average of $35,000 or more — and that they could add as much as $2,340 to the cost of a new car — the Trump administration has argued that those standards are no longer feasible or appropriate and...
U.S. DOT and EPA Propose Fuel Economy Standards for MY 2021-2026 Vehicles
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a notice of proposed rulemaking, the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026...