US federal agency overseeing highways, aviation, rail, and other transportation systems, including fuel-economy standards and air-traffic-control policy.
Aurora and other driverless truck operators won a five-year U.S. exemption to use cab-mounted beacons in place of driver-placed warning devices. The term is long enough to plan driverless freight around, though the beacons' safety on the road is still unproven.
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Five environmental groups asked a federal appeals court to review the Trump administration's cut of 2031 fuel economy targets to 34.9 mpg from a projected 50.4. Automaker and fleet plans built on the looser target now depend on a rule the petitioners want stopped.
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Private jets make up about 7% of FAA-handled flights but pay 0.6% of the taxes into the fund that helps finance it, Transportation Department data show. The one repeal effort Fortune reports targets a Massachusetts sales-tax exemption, and that bill is still in committee.
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NHTSA projects the Trump administration's final fuel economy rule will leave the 2031 fleet average at 34.9 mpg, down from 50.4 mpg under Biden-era rules. For automakers, the harder question is how long the lower target lasts, and a Kelley Blue Book editor gives it two to three years.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi's letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pairs 43 catalogued videos of sleeping Tesla drivers with the in-car message that invites a driver the car has flagged as drowsy to switch on Full Self-Driving.
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The No FLOCK Act would let the transportation secretary hold back a tenth of a state's road money unless plate readers are limited to tolls, stolen cars, missing people and felony cases. The first withholding would come in October 2028.
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Aurora runs 20 driverless trucks today and wants 200 by December, but covering last year's $800 million loss with revenue alone would take closer to 2,000 of them at full utilisation.
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The US transportation secretary's 8 September letter objects to Ford's 66-34 joint venture with Geely in Spain. European lawmakers are drafting a law that would make a capped Chinese stake the price of entry.
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The Transportation Department's final rule drops amenity obligations for ten causes of disruption. Cyberattacks qualify only while the carrier can show compliance with applicable cybersecurity regulations, language Crowell & Moring calls notably broad.
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The Chaparral moved medical supplies, food and industrial gear for a week under air traffic control oversight, and the operational numbers a logistics buyer would need to plan a route around it have not been released.
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The memo orders agencies to clear paperwork, spectrum and airspace for more than 1,000 launches a year by 2030. It appropriates nothing, so the value flows to whoever already has capital in the ground.
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