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When it Comes to Autonomous Cars, the Department of Transportation Says 'Drivers' Don't Have to Be Human

The Department of Transportation is getting a little more creative about how it defines "driver," Secretary Elaine Chao announced Thursday. The computers have a ticket to drive now--at least where federal regulations are concerned. And while this is good news for everyone working on building, and eventually deploying, self-driving vehicles, it's especially welcome for the automated trucking crowd. Waymo, Daimler, Volvo, Embark Trucks, Kache.ai, Starsky and Kodiak Robotics, TuSimple, Ike: Automated trucking companies have boomed this year, even after Uber got out of the trucking race.