#regulatory-approval

#regulatory-approval

Driverless vehicles no longer exist solely in spy movies and futuristic dreams. In fact, Solano County streets are one step closer to a future that features these self-driving robotaxis. The autonomous driving technology company, Waymo formerly the Google self-driving car project recently received approval by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to begin testing in seven Solano County cities. Approved locations are: Vallejo Vacaville Fairfield Benicia Dixon Suisun City Rio Vista The news comes as part of a major wave of approval to expand testing in Northern California areas, including several cities in the Sacramento region and Yolo County. RELATED: Waymo robotaxis blink out and block traffic in SF blackout. What happens in the next emergency? Though the DMV's approval progresses the deployment of vehicles, the company still requires a permit from the California Public Utilities Commission before it can start officially offering paid public rides in these new areas.

I'm not going to tie any of that to regulatory approval. I can tell you that we had been looking at late night, it was financially not viable.

Independent railroad analyst Tony Hatch stated that the progress in negotiations indicates that the companies have identified benefits such as efficiency, which would be transferred to customers. This is vital for regulatory approval under the Surface Transportation Board's enhanced competition clause.

If you're General Motors or Toyota, you don't want your competitors coming into your manufacturing plant and seeing how you run your processes.

The effort to restructure Thames Water's balance sheet is complex and time-consuming, primarily dependent on lenders agreeing to write off losses and regulatory approvals.

The acquisition "will strengthen UniCredit's market position in the private and corporate customer business in Germany," said Andreas Mundt, head of Germany's Federal Cartel Office.