CLIP: So What’s the Future of Regulating Autonomous Vehicles in Austin?

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A shot of one of Google’s driverless car prototypes at the Google Fiber Space in Austin on August 29, 2015. MIGUEL GUTIERREZ JR./KUT

The president of General Motors now says plans with Lyft to bring a fleet of self-driving cars to Austin were only hypothetical. But, what kind of regulations do self-driving cars face in Texas?

Google already has its own self-driving cars on Austin’s streets, but, after multiple attempts at the state level, regulations for autonomous vehicles in Texas is likely to first materialize on the city level. (Full Story KUT.org)