Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The Trump administration will make it easier to deploy self-driving cars on US roads and loosen crash reporting requirements, the most significant changes yet to federal rules on autonomous vehicles championed by Tesla chief executive Elon Musk.\u00a0\u201cThis administration understands that we\u2019re in a race with China to out-innovate, and the stakes couldn\u2019t be higher,\u201d US transportation secretary Sean Duffy said on Thursday. \u201cOur new framework will slash red tape and move us closer to a single national standard that spurs innovation and prioritises safety.\u201dThe changes by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) were central demands of Musk and his electric-vehicle maker Tesla, which has pioneered driver assistance and autonomous software on its more than 2mn US vehicles.Tesla plans to roll out a fleet of Cybercabs \u2014 futuristic models without steering wheels or pedals \u2014 in Austin, Texas, this June. To win approval, the company needs an exemption from the NHTSA to operate a non-standard car on American roads, something only one start-up has achieved.Musk has called for a national framework for driverless cars to supersede a patchwork of state and city-level rules that make it difficult to gain profitable scale.The world\u2019s richest man has also vociferously criticised NHTSA\u2019s stringent crash reporting requirements. These rules have become the main power used by the regulator to open investigations into the failings of Tesla\u2019s software, because there are no federal regulations in place to specifically govern autonomous vehicles.NHTSA has eight open probes into crashes, five of which involve Musk\u2019s claims about the capabilities of the company\u2019s Autopilot and \u201cFull Self-Driving\u201d (FSD) system. Despite its name, FSD still requires humans to sit in the driver\u2019s seat and pay full attention \u2014 unlike Google\u2019s Waymo taxis.The NHTSA said it would \u201cstreamline\u201d the crash reporting rules to \u201csharpen the focus on critical safety information while removing unnecessary and duplicative requirements\u201d.\u00a0A Financial Times investigation this month revealed that Musk\u2019s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) had fired many newer employees at NHTSA who were involved in assessing self-driving risks, raising concerns among current and former staff of potential conflict of interest for Musk given the high stakes for Tesla.Duffy\u2019s changes will allow US carmakers to be exempt from certain procedures for self-driving vehicles as long as they are only used for research, demonstrations and other non-commercial purposes.In an open letter to developers of autonomous vehicles, NHTSA promised to remove \u201cunnecessary regulatory barriers that stand in the way of both safety and progress\u201d.\u00a0Musk is also seeking a wider remit to deploy FSD in China, but the approval process has been complicated by President Donald Trump\u2019s trade war. Tesla faces stiff competition from Chinese rivals such as BYD, which released its free advanced self-driving system, dubbed God\u2019s Eye, in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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