EMBK - UPS Luminar Velodyne Lidar among others pursue Gov. Newsom to allow autonomous trucking in California

California-based automotive and logistics companies including  Aurora Innovation (AUR), UPS (UPS), Luminar (LAZR), Embark Technologies (EMBK), TuSimple (TSP), Velodyne Lidar (VLDR), Volvo Autonomous Solutions (OTCPK:VLVLY), and Uber Freight (UBER)  are among total 34 companies that signed an open letter to Governor Gavin Newsom asking him  to consider allowing autonomous trucks in the state. The companies wrote,  "Without regulations to permit this technology, California is at risk of losing our competitive edge... In effect, it has been ten years since the initial 2012 enabling legislation, and over this period, there has been no movement for autonomous trucking regulation. We are now asking your Administration to initiate a thoughtful rulemaking process that gives autonomous trucks a chance to work for California and Californians..." Among other states,  Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Nevada and Colorado also have testing and deployment regulations for autonomous trucks. Texas is home to most of the nation’s autonomous trucking operations, with companies like Waymo Via, Aurora, Kodiak Robotics, TuSimple and

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UPS, Luminar, Velodyne Lidar among others pursue Gov. Newsom to allow autonomous trucking in California