California state agency that regulates vehicle registration and licensing, and oversees permits for autonomous vehicle testing and deployment.
Tesla is renaming Full Self-Driving (Supervised) as Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe after Germany's transport ministry called the name "somewhat misleading". The system works the same way under the new name, and its speed allowance above posted limits is still open.
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Tesla has renamed Full Self-Driving as Tesla Assisted Driving on its European websites while it seeks approval across the EU. The bloc-wide vote has slipped to December at the earliest, Crypto Briefing reported, so the new name answers a German complaint but does not fix a date.
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Gavin Newsom signed California's SB 1246, under which robotaxi operators can be penalized when a car blocks police or firefighters for more than 30 minutes. By July 2028, Waymo, Tesla and Zoox have to know how fast their own staff can reach a stalled car in each city.
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California's SB 1246 makes robotaxi firms send technicians to stuck cars, with fines up to $10,000 a vehicle when one blocks responders over 30 minutes. For operators, clearing a stuck car now takes paid field staff in every California city they serve.
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The UAE's telecom and digital government regulator is putting the UAEPASS Digital Vault on a dedicated Avalanche L1, a platform Avalanche counts at about 12.5 million users, 15,000 services and 350 institutions.
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Aurora and Kodiak can now test autonomous trucks in their home state, but the April 28 rule change behind the permits is being challenged by Teamsters California in Alameda Superior Court.
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Aurora and Kodiak can now run supervised autonomous trucks on California roads. Two consecutive 500,000-mile gates mean the safety operator stays in the cab for a long time.
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