Cruise LLC has released self-driving vehicles on San Francisco streets without safety drivers in tow, a milestone for the company after five years of testing there.

Cruise Automation, the automated driving company owned by General Motors and partners including Honda, Softbank and other investors is moving on to the next stage of its development program.

Cruise, the project of GM, Honda, Softbank and others has announced it is now testing its vehicles in San Francisco with no safety driver on board, implementing the permit they received for such testing from the state of California in October.

Uber is selling off its autonomous vehicles development arm as the ride-hailing company slims down after its revenues were pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic.Self-driving vehicle technology company Aurora will acquire the employees...

Uber is selling off its autonomous vehicles development arm to Aurora as the ride-hailing company slims down after its revenues were pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic

With little fanfare, one of the biggest milestones in the deployment of robocars happened last weekend.