Cruise can now give passengers rides in driverless cars in California

"In order to launch a commercial service for passengers here in the state of California, you need both the California DMV and the California PUC to issue deployment permits. There are two regulatory bodies, the CPUC and the California Department of Motor Vehicles, that dictate the testing and eventual deployment of autonomous vehicles. AutoX, Baidu, Cruise, Nuro, Pony.ai, Waymo, WeRide and Zoox have driverless permits with the DMV. Story continuesOver at the CPUC, there are "drivered" and "driverless" permits, which allow companies to give rides in their autonomous vehicles. Cruise is the first to snag the driverless permit.