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Move Fast and Control Things: China’s Global AI Expansion Requires a Bold Policy Response

The stakes are clear: Setting global standards will not only shape the future of AI but the principles embedded in its use. Chinese transportation AI exports bring governance models that emphasize centralized control and broad state access to data. For the United States, that raises concerns about privacy, transparency, and market openness in the global transportation system. The White House’s AI Action Plan outlines steps to address these risks, from accelerating deployment and streamlining regulatory approvals to expanding exports of trustworthy, safety-focused AI technologies.

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The UK Brings Its Shipping Rules Out of the Victorian Era and into the Digital Age

Lawmakers in the United Kingdom will soon bring much-needed change to trade laws that have remained largely the same since Queen Victoria sat on the throne, bringing the U.K.’s shipping rules into the electronic age and paving the way for the digital transformation of global trade.  

topics: Freight, supply chain
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Did California Just Kill Shared Micromobility?

California is undermining its own stated goals to shift to sustainable transportation—and regulators around the world should take note to avoid making similar mistakes.

topics: shared mobility
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This Week In AVs: Domino's, Nuro Team Up To Deliver Pizzas; Cruise Expands To Dubai; And More

SAFE’s weekly roundup of the top news in autonomous vehicle innovation and deployment.

topics: autonomous vehicles, autonomy, AVs
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This Week In AVs: Luminar Partners With SAIC To Build AVs; TuSimple Files For IPO; And More

SAFE’s weekly roundup of the top news in autonomous vehicle innovation and deployment.

topics: autonomous vehicles, autonomy, AVs
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Leveraging Data To Pivot From Mobility Innovation To Transportation Transformations

As optimism on new transportation technologies enters a trough of disillusionment, Evangelos Simoudis reminds us in his new book that transportation transition is a multidecadal project.

topics: autonomous vehicles, autonomy, AVs
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Does Losing Most of the 5.9GHz Spectrum Band Make U.S. Vehicles Less Competitive?

Reallocating much of the Safety Band to unlicensed wi-fi uses risks long-term American automotive competitiveness.

topics: autonomous vehicles, autonomy, AVs
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Our Transportation Future: Industries Collide

Preparing for our transportation future requires a massive infrastructure buildout that better integrates our transportation, electric, and communications networks.

topics: autonomous vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Grid & Infrastructure
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This Week In AVs: Trump Pardons Levandowski; Microsoft Invests In Cruise; And More

SAFE's weekly roundup of the top news in autonomous vehicle innovation and deployment.

topics: autonomous vehicles, AVs
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This Week In AVs: Zoox Unveils New Robotaxi; Walmart Plans Driverless Deliveries In 2021; And More

SAFE's weekly roundup of the top news in autonomous vehicle innovation and deployment.

topics: autonomous vehicles, AVs
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EU Ratchets Up Clean Energy Goals

The EU's latest climate goals will have a profound effect on energy markets.

topics: autonomous vehicles, Electric Vehicles, sustainability