Germany gives greenlight to driverless vehicles on public roads – TechCrunch

Germany has adopted legislation that will allow driverless vehicles on public roads by 2022, laying out a path for companies to deploy robotaxis and delivery services in the country at scale. While autonomous testing is currently permitted in Germany, this would allow operations of driverless vehicles without a human safety operator behind the wheel. Companies looking to operate commercial driverless vehicles in Germany will need to adhere to a number of other rules, such as carrying liability insurance and having access to stop autonomous operations remotely. Argo AI, for example, has been testing its autonomous vehicles at the LabCampus innovation center at Munich Airport. In China, companies like Alibaba-backed AutoX are also testing driverless fleets on public roads.