GM Unit Cruise Gets Go-Ahead To Test Unmanned Self-Driving Cars In San Francisco
Posted on AllSides October 16th, 2020
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General Motors’ majority owned subsidiary Cruise got the green light to test its self-driving cars without human back-up drivers by the end of this year in San Francisco, the company announced in a blog post.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles granted the permit Thursday. The electric cars will be sent on the road without a human driver. “Safely removing the driver is the true benchmark of a self-driving car and burning fossil fuels is no way to build the future of transportation,” CEO Dan Ammann said in the post....