No, the whole point of AVs, like any other product of a for-profit business, is that they make the manufacturers money.

A part of the sales pitch for AVs is that autonomy acts as a safety layer.

As with any sales pitch, the interest of the manufacturer is often more in getting people to believe the pitch than in it being true, validating that it is true is a concern of outside parties. Insofar as AV adoption requires loosening existing rules to allow them, that includes regulatory authorities.