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With eye on China, U.S. Department of Transportation kicks off autonomous-driving push

Sean Duffy, US secretary of transportation, during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. The collision between an American Airlines Group Inc. regional jet and a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan airport in Washington left no survivors on board the two aircraft, authorities said, making it one of the most deadly US air disasters in decades and an early test for President Donald Trump's administration in his second week in office.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled a new automated-vehicle framework on April 24, aimed at removing regulatory barriers to deployment. (BLOOMBERG)
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Pete Bigelow
April 24, 2025 05:31 PM

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