Transportation

Officials from the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation offered measured hope and little guarantees during a recent discussion that the federal government would remain committed to advancing adoption of electric vehicles.

In an effort to address constant speeding in three locations in town, Washington, Conn., officials are preparing to deploy automated cameras along country roads to capture pictures of the speedsters.

It’s possible the automaker’s throttling back on its robotaxi endeavor will come to be seen as a missed opportunity. But it’s definitely a sign self-driving electrified vehicles are a more complex, expensive challenge to realize than may have been thought.

The state DMV plans to make available a new smartphone app that allows West Virginia residents to store driver’s licenses and other identification credentials on their phones to verify their identities.

A Bus2Grid project in Illinois will not only send electric school buses to 13 school districts, but enable them to discharge unneeded power back to the district, or an electric utility, when needed.

After a year of trying to refocus and relaunch the robotaxi program following an October 2023 pedestrian crash, the automaker will instead shutter Cruise. GM will pivot to focus on delivering autonomous tech in personal vehicles.

State officials said the legislation will allow school buses to be equipped with cameras to track violations for failure to stop, putting money from such violations back into the school districts.

The city’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Advisory Board has approved a policy to expand electric bike access on city trails, but an official City Council decision won’t come until February.

The recently deployed website monitors railroad crossings, to alert drivers and first responders in southern Elkhart County. Crossings blocked by stopped trains have long been a source of frustration for officials.

More hybrid vehicles are set to come to market in the coming years because many customers lack an appetite for all-electric vehicles — and automakers are seeking to catch up to the demand.

Approved by the governor earlier this year, New Mexico drivers now can add their driver's licenses and state identification cards to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet to use at certain businesses or venues.

The funding, via a Fleet-ZERO grant from the Colorado Energy Office, will help pay for the city’s internal Electric Vehicle Action Plan and enable the transition to EVs and their supporting infrastructure.

The report examines how the once-beleaguered state Department of Motor Vehicles has, under the leadership since 2019 of Director Steve Gordon, transformed many processes, migrated transactions online and eased public interactions.

The endeavor, on the University of California, Los Angeles campus, is intended to make charging seamless. Its infrastructure, to be in place by the 2028 Summer Olympic Games, could be used by numerous transit operators.

If successful, the proposed project is intended to disseminate information to motorists using connected and autonomous vehicles about everything from traffic conditions to road obstructions.

Last month, King County Metro started a pilot project mounting cameras equipped with artificial intelligence on two buses to watch for drivers in transit-only lanes.

His lawsuit, filed last week, alleges a Tesla in self-driving mode ran through a stop sign and broadsided his car; it’s one of the first of its kind in Oregon. The suit, however, does not list Tesla as a defendant.

GEICO and Travelers, the national insurance companies, will pay the penalties for poor data security. A 2020 cyber attack that leaked data from more than 120,000 New York customers enabled hackers to use that information to file fraudulent unemployment claims.