Exclusive: U.S. agency in talks with GM to deploy some cars without steering wheels

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) acting chief said on Friday the agency is in talks with General Motors Coon its January 2018 petition to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles on U.S. roads without steering wheels or other human controls.Acting NHTSA Administrator James Owens told Reuters the agency hopes to make a decision soon on GM's petition as well as a request bySoftBank Corp-backeddriverless delivery startup Nuro to deploy a limited number of low-spe