California’s New Autonomous Truck Rules: What Self-Driving Big Rigs Could Mean for Future Registration and Insurance
California’s DMV is advancing rules that would allow autonomous commercial trucks from Class 3 through Class 8 to operate on state roads. For fleet operators and carriers, the bigger question isn’t whether self-driving trucks are coming — it’s who gets listed as the operator in DMV records, who carries the insurance, and how registration workflows will need to change when those rules take effect.