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The Government approved a licensing regime to authorise tests of autonomous vehicles. At the Council of Ministers, the rules for vehicle conversion were also simplified.
The measure covers passenger vehicles, single-occupancy vehicles and freight vehicles.
A tender for the second section of the high-speed line between Porto and Lisbon was launched on Thursday. Supervision of lifts and funiculars moves to the IMT, ending the existing “legal vacuum”.
The Government has approved rules to create test zones for autonomous vehicles in Portuguese cities. The aim is to protect the safety of drivers, pedestrians, operators and vehicles.
Portugal wants to take the lead in autonomous vehicle driving. To accelerate innovation in this sector, rules will be defined to allow testing of such vehicles on public roads. At Thursday's Council of Ministers meeting, the establishment of rules was approved that will apply to 'public-road tests of automatic systems'...
The delivery time for the first unit is 48 months. After this Council of Ministers meeting, the Government also announced it will proceed with licensing trials of autonomous vehicles in cities.
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