New Mexico autonomous vehicle testing/operation rule (NMDOT 18.24.1.9)

New Mexico has NO enacted comprehensive autonomous-vehicle statute; two legislative attempts failed (2021 HB270 and 2025 HB148, which would have required a human operator until 2036 but stalled in committee). AV operation is instead governed by a narrow testing statute (NMSA 66-7-12, autonomous motor vehicles; notification and regulation of testing) and the operative NMDOT administrative rule, NMAC 18.24.1.9 (Autonomous Motor Vehicle Testing and Operation, effective April 19, 2022), which permits human-supervised testing and, on certification (FMVSS compliance, minimal-risk condition, insurance, registration, law-enforcement interaction protocol), driverless operation. This agency-rule regime is the basis for Kodiak Robotics' autonomous Class 8 truck runs in the New Mexico portion of the Permian Basin. Applies to autonomous vehicles including trucks. EDITORIAL NOTE: the thin source base reflects genuinely thin underlying law (no comprehensive statute), not a sourcing gap.

New Mexico autonomous vehicle testing/operation rule (NMDOT 18.24.1.9) is recorded as a other applying in New Mexico on the DEPLOY registry.

New Mexico autonomous vehicle testing/operation rule (NMDOT 18.24.1.9) is recorded as effective April 19, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry.

New Mexico autonomous vehicle testing/operation rule (NMDOT 18.24.1.9) is currently in effect and applies to covered operators in the named jurisdiction.

New Mexico autonomous vehicle testing/operation rule (NMDOT 18.24.1.9) is recorded as applying to autonomous vehicles, truck on the DEPLOY registry.

8 robot models on the DEPLOY registry match the form-factor scope of New Mexico autonomous vehicle testing/operation rule (NMDOT 18.24.1.9): 789D AHS, 930E AHS, ARC (Autonomous Relay Convoy), Apollo RT6 and 4 others. Form-factor scope match does not by itself establish compliance status; review the underlying primary sources for each operator.