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Article snippet: The government’s council on self-driving cars, which was working to speed up efforts to bring autonomous vehicles to the road, has stalled under the Trump administration. The Federal Committee on Automation held its first meeting on Jan. 16, with representatives from major companies including Apple, Lyft, GM and Ford. But the council has not met since then and has no plans to meet in the future, two sources confirmed to The Hill, as first reported by Recode. The committee hasn’t officially been scrapped by the administration, however it has no clear plans moving forward. Lyft noted that its President John Zimmer had left the committee “several months ago” and that “there had been no activity,” since the Trump administration took over. A Department of Transportation (DOT) spokesman told Recode in July the agency is “still reviewing its options for how best to utilize the Committee going forward and on what specific scope the Committee should focus.” DOT did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. DOT, however, told The Hill that it does still intend to release Obama-era guidance on driverless cars in September, indicating that the administration is still paying some attention to driverless cars. Transportation Secretary Melanie Zanona contributed to this story. This story was updated at 7:14 p.m. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2017 Capitol Hill P... Link to the full article to read more