Adaptive governance of autonomous vehicles: Accelerating the adoption of disruptive technologies in Singapore

Si Ying Tan, Araz Taeihagh

Abstract: Highlights•Safety, privacy, cybersecurity, liability, and effects on the incumbent industry are major technological risks associated with AVs.•Adopting an experimentalist spirit and openness towards regulatory revisions are key to effective adoption of disruptive technology.•The development of AV-specific regulations on liability and cybersecurity remains a challenging endeavour in the current regulatory climate.•Government's stewardship and collaboration with stakeholders to address risks, while strengthening policy capacity and creating a friendly business environment that fosters experiments is a formula for success.•Simultaneous adoption of different issue-specific strategies can result in prescriptive and responsive policies which can help rolling out disruptive technologies.