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As companies prepare to scale commercial autonomous fleets, state and federal governments will need to decide how to regulate the technology.

Our latest Flashback Friday featured stories that illustrate a few particular points of debate around the safety of autonomous trucks, how a patchwork of state regulations can create confusion and why Texas, in particular, has become a hub for AV testing.

To many, autonomous fleets may still seem a ways off, but companies and regulators know they're just around the corner. And they're preparing for it now.