GM, Toyota, Ford form autonomous safety consortium


The group wants to create a framework for further development.

General Motors, Ford, and Toyota have joined forces with standards group SAE International to form a new organization focused on self-driving car safety.

Known as the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC), the group aims to create a safety framework for developing and testing SAE Level 4 and Level 5 automated vehicles.

“The work will ultimately inform and accelerate the development of industry standards for autonomous vehicles (AVs) and harmonize with efforts of other consortia and standards bodies throughout the world,” the group said in a press release.

Major automakers and a long list of startups are pursuing full self-driving technology. SAE’s categorizations have helped define levels of functionality, but the industry appears to be less certain about how to determine when the technology should be pushed to market.

“Our goal with the consortium is to work with industry and government partners to expedite development of standards that can lead to rule making,” said Ford’s CTO of autonomous vehicles, Randy Visintainer.

Tesla has taken a different approach, promising to launch its “Full Self Driving” features while retaining the current eyes-on/hands-on requirement until the regulatory issues are sorted out.

The group wants to create a framework for further development.

General Motors, Ford, and Toyota have joined forces with standards group SAE International to form a new organization focused on self-driving car safety.

Known as the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC), the group aims to create a safety framework for developing and testing SAE Level 4 and Level 5 automated vehicles.

"The work will ultimately inform and accelerate the development of industry standards for autonomous vehicles (AVs) and harmonize with efforts of other consortia and standards bodies throughout the world," the group said in a press release.

Major automakers and a long list of startups are pursuing full self-driving technology. SAE's categorizations have helped define levels of functionality, but the industry appears to be less certain about how to determine when the technology should be pushed to market.

"Our goal with the consortium is to work with industry and government partners to expedite development of standards that can lead to rule making," said Ford's CTO of autonomous vehicles, Randy Visintainer.

Tesla has taken a different approach, promising to launch its "Full Self Driving" features while retaining the current eyes-on/hands-on requirement until the regulatory issues are sorted out.

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