Regulation & safety · HISTORICAL NEWS
California’s 2020 deployment programs created a path to paid AV rides
Creating a regulatory pathway does not grant every company the right to use it.
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On November 20, 2020, the CPUC approved programs for charging passengers in drivered and driverless autonomous vehicle deployments.
Collective perspective
Creating a regulatory pathway does not grant every company the right to use it. For a fleet planner, the next question is always whose authorization is in force and what that authorization covers. Geography, vehicle type and operating restrictions can change the value of apparently similar market opportunities.
The collective perspective is to separate policy progress from company readiness. A jurisdiction becoming more open to autonomous transport can improve the long-term opportunity without making a particular fleet deployable today. This is why a market’s status should be backed by operator-specific evidence, rather than inferred from what a competitor is already allowed to do.
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