NHTSA Proposes New Lighting Rules for Autonomous Vehicles

The NHTSA has proposed new federal lighting rules allowing autonomous vehicles to use optional cyan-colored lights to indicate autonomous operation without human monitoring and exempts vehicles without manual controls from certain manual lighting requirements while maintaining required lighting equipment.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Micromobility, and 4 sources have reported it between 24 Oct 2026 and 27 Oct 2026.