Autonomous Vehicle News
SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit on Monday asked California for permission to test the cars across the entire state. The GM subsidiary already is running an autonomous ride-hailing service in its hometown of San Francisco after testing for more than two years. If granted, the test permit won't allow Cruise to carry non-employee passengers outside of San Francisco. Cruise also has been testing autonomous Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles, and carrying employees, friends and family members in central Austin, Texas, and parts of Phoenix. Cruise says it's cooperating in the probe and has driven nearly 700,000 autonomous miles (1.1 million autonomous kilometers) without causing any life-threatening injuries or deaths.