The business of autonomous vehicles is ticking away at a snail’s pace. All the players want to be the first to get their vehicles on the road, but a completely autonomous vehicle hasn’t been cleared for consumers. A small step was taken recently in California when one company was given permission to charge passengers for rides in its autonomous cars.
Cruise, the autonomous cars division of General Motors, was cleared by the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) to charge fares for to passengers for rides in its robotaxis.
For the past month, the CPUC has been allowing Cruise to be the first autonomous car company to provide test rides around San Francisco in driverless vehicles. Cruise applied for a permit to charge a fee to passengers as well as deliveries.
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