General Motors and Ford have asked NHTSA to grant exemptions to deploy self-driving vehicles without steering wheels and brake pedals.
The robotaxis blocked traffic for a few hours until employees arrived to manually move the autonomous vehicles.
General Motors and its self-driving technology unit Cruise are seeking approval from NHTSA to build and deploy its Cruise Origin self-driving vehicle.
Under the California Public Utilities Commission’s rules, Cruise must still employ a human operator to take control if needed.
This marks the first deployment of an autonomous vehicle in the U.S. without a driver behind the wheel.
San Franciscans can expect to see a fleet of Chevy Bolt EVs traverse the city with no humans before the end of the year.
Since the vehicle does not need a driver, Cruise says its ride-hailing service will be a cheaper option.
Currently, more than three in four people drive to work in single occupant vehicles, as has been for the past 20 years.
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