This Week in The Autonomy Economy, The Road to Autonomy Index returned 4.09%, the Q1 2025 AUTONOMY LEADERBOARD update was released, Congressman Sean Duffy had his Senate Confirmation hearing for Transportation Secretary and The Council for Economic Resilience hosted Cocktails, Autonomy and Advocacy with very special guest Secretary Elaine Chao.

Cocktails, Autonomy and Advocacy hosted by The Council for Economic Resilience was full of great conversations and optimism about the future of autonomy and it’s impact on the economy. Building upon the success of the event, Cocktails, Autonomy and Advocacy will be hosted on a regular cadence beginning with the Spring edition. Stay tuned for more details.

Thank you to Sean Rushton of Shadowlawn Communications and Ariel Wolf of Venable for all of your assistance in making the event a huge success and thank you to everyone who attended. 

With the right policies in place the companies that are developing autonomy can prosper. Today we released the Q1 2025 AUTONOMY LEADERBOARD update with quite a few changes and new additions to the leaderboard. Bot Auto, Plus and Nuro all joined the leaderboard for the first time, while Cruise was removed.

This quarter we also introduced the licensing category as the market for licensing autonomous driving stacks is beginning to emerge. A lot of change is on the horizon and that change starts tomorrow when Donald J. Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States of America. 

Could President Trump usher in the autonomy economy by signing into law a national autonomous vehicle framework that includes trucks weighing trucks over 10,001 pounds? We are optimistic as we are at the dawn of the golden age of autonomy. 

Now we just need the right policies to be enacted. Enact the right polices and the autonomy economy will bloom and prosper in America benefiting every single citizen.