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December 22, 2018 07:34 pm
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Self-Driving Car Company Zoox Is Now Allowed to Carry Passengers
The AP reports that self-driving cars have reached a new milestone in California:The Public Utilities Commission granted Zoox the first permit to ferry riders in autonomous vehicles under a pilot program. But Zoox can't charge for the service and a backup driver must be in the car. Under the program, Zoox will submit information to the commission on the number of passenger miles traveled in the test cars and any incidents that occur, along with pollution and safety data. There was no immediate word on when Silicon Valley-based Zoox would start its service, which would likely be confined to the San Francisco Bay Area. More than 60 companies have California permits to test autonomous vehicles. But so far they can only carry employees and researchers.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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