Mobility

AVs on a path to overlook the disabled

Features to assist disabled passengers need to be baked in to autonomous vehicles during the development phase and not added after the fact, say advocates. This requires automakers and technology companies to fully understand the needs of the disabled. (RyanJLane/Getty Images)
August 27, 2019 02:08 PM

Car makers and technology companies are partnering with advocacy groups for people with disabilities amid warnings from a recent report that the elderly and disabled risk being kicked to the curb as autonomous-vehicle technology gets set to revolutionize mobility.

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