Germany Leads the Autonomous Vehicle Regulation Race

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www.eetimes.com, Jun. 15, 2021 – 

Autonomous vehicles (AV) regulation is sorely needed, and no country had passed such regulation–until now.

Germany became the first country to pass AV regulations on May 28. The rules remain a work in process, and it looks like it will only allow commercial deployment of some L4 AV use cases.

AV regulation timeline

Germany issued its draft on autonomous driving in early February of this year. That's important because Germany's regulation will provide a measure of legal certainty for the use of AVs. It will also give confidence to companies investing in AV technology that those bets will lead to future deployment opportunities. Germany expects some AV use cases to start operating in 2022.

The draft bill was approved by the German cabinet on February 10 and forwarded to Germany's upper and lower chambers–Bundestag and Bundesrat, or federal council. The Bundestag's Committee for Transport and Digital Infrastructure held public hearings in early May. The committee approved a bill subject to amendments on May 19. This set the stage for approval by the Bundestag on May 20 and Bundesrat this past May 28.

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