Mass. is preparing for self-driving cars on the streets
Self-driving cars may soon be cruising the streets of Massachusetts.
Governor Charlie Baker’s office is developing legislation that would allow companies to test self-driving cars on the roads, according to the Boston Business Journal.
Companies such as Google, Apple, Uber, Tesla, and Toyota are all in stages of developing self-driving cars, and are committing large sums of money to robotics research, the BBJ reports. Last week, Toyota Motors announced it would spend $1 billion on artificial intelligence research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford over the next five years.
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development are still in the very early stages of preparing a policy push, the BBJ reports.
Read the full story at the Boston Business Journal.
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