Driverless cars have been on the minds of tech companies, automakers, and interested consumers for many years, but took another step toward the mainstream this week when news broke that the State of California was permitting them.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles permitted 29 driverless vehicles Tuesday that will allow the three companies that own them to test those cars on highways and in neighborhoods, with the presence of a human “safety driver” sitting at the wheel.
Search engine giant Google owns 25 driverless Lexus SUVs.
Mercedes and Volkswagen both have two permitted driverless vehicles each.
The former vice chairman of General Motors says driverless vehicle technology is already safer than the average human driver. Read more about that here.
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