HELLO AEV WORLD!
Welcome to the the TGC Automated and Electric Vehicle Law blog! We (Alex Glassbrook and Emma Northey) are delighted to be editing the TGC AEV Law blog, and to have the opportunity to introduce...
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“The Chat GPT moment for physical AI is nearly here” – Cars, Robots and Regulation in 2026
On a busy day for news, BBC Radio’s flagship current affairs show the Today programme this morning (6 January 2026) featured two important voices in technology. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang addressed the Consumer Electronics Show (CES...
COMING INTO FORCE: WHEN WILL THE AUTOMATED VEHICLES ACT 2024 BE IMPLEMENTED?
Like the ‘sneak peek’ trailer for a long-anticipated miniseries, the UK government recently published its guidance on its ‘implementation programme’ for the Automated Vehicles Act 2024. Like a trailer, there were glimpses of many familiar...
SCOOTING TO CHANGE: THE NEW GOVERNMENT’S ROLE IN LEGISLATING ON SMALL ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Introduction Certain (legal) headlines over the summer concentrated on the Automated Vehicles Act 2024, which received Royal Assent on 20 May 2024. This was one of the last Acts to be passed by the...
NAVIGATING INEQUALITIES WHICH MAY ARISE FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF AUTOMATED VEHICLES – PUTTING THE ‘ACTUARIAL DEFENCE’ TO THE TEST
Introduction The likely incoming widespread use of automated vehicles (“AVs”) on UK roads (and, specifically, the need to insure them!) will lead to a number of novel issues for insurers. One such issue for...
THE AUTOMATED VEHICLES ACT 2024
The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 became law on 20 May 2024, when the Automated Vehicles Bill (AV Bill) received Royal Assent. The text of the Act is expected to be published later today on...
ADVANCED, AUTOMATED AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE LAW
You are cordially invited On the evening of Wednesday 27 March, Temple Garden Chambers will be holding a launch event in London to celebrate the publication of Alex Glassbrook’s new book, Advanced, Automated and...
THE AUTOMATED VEHICLES BILL 2023-2024
The Automated Vehicles Bill 2023-24 has had its first reading in Parliament (with its announcement in the House of Lords as HL Bill 1 on 8 November 2023) and is expected to pass into...
E-SCOOTERS AND E-SCOOTER LITIGATION
As an AEV law blog, we have covered a number of developments in automated vehicle law, and even remote driving. This article focuses on the ‘E’ in AEV. It summarises the history of the...
MOT CHANGES TO COVER AUTOMATED AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES
On 18 January 2023 the Department for Transport launched a consultation on changes to the MOT test, with proposals to update testing requirements to cover electric and automated vehicles. The MOT test was introduced...
THE ROAD AHEAD: COULD UK INSURERS’ CLAIMS AGAINST AUTOMATED VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS BENEFIT FROM A REGIME AKIN TO THE NEW EU PRODUCT LIABILITY DIRECTIVE?
Guest contributor Daniel West (Partner and Head of Product Liability at HF) considers how the European Commission’s revised Product Liability Directive could change how insurers approach claims against automated vehicle manufacturers if we were...