Norway Aims To Allow Testing Of Self-Driving Cars in 2017

The Norwegian government aims to pass a law in the spring of next year to allow testing of self-driving vehicles on Norwegian roads, it said on Thursday. From a report: Norway is one of the largest markets for Tesla Motors electric vehicles, thanks to generous government subsidies. Tesla said in October its new models will come with hardware, including cameras and a radar, to enable them to be fully-self driving. The move to permit testing of self-driving vehicles is also aimed at giving a competitive edge to Norwegian technology companies as the country seeks to diversify away from the offshore petroleum sector, hit by a plunge in global oil prices.

no need

[gravewax]

no need to waste money on permitting it, Uber can do it without government approval

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[Anonymous Coward]

Uber operates outside the laws and regulations. not all red tape is bad, unless you are uber.

Rollback

[Empiric]

Public roads: Now in Alpha

Technology preview available now, possibly lethal, and mandatory.

They public Healthcare so when an auto drive

[Joe_Dragon]

They public Healthcare so when an auto drive hit you in the bike lane after running the red light your covered vs in the usa you have your bills racking up while the courts are fighting out who is going pay up.

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[IrquiM]

We only got one right-wing, however, he'll be the minister of justice :/ The others aren't that bad.

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[Ashtead]

Teslas and other electrical cars do not have VAT charged on the sale price, and once on the road it can be driven for free on all the toll roads and toll-enclosed city centers. Annual registration charge is also the minimum rate otherwise applicable to veteran cars, older than 30 years, and they are allowed in most of the bus and taxi lanes. The term subsidy has been used for this, maybe it should be called tax relief, or incentives, or something else. However, whether the government pays extra for somethi