GM to run robot cars in San Francisco without human backups | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

GM to run robot cars in San Francisco without human backups | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

AP

General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will pull the human backup drivers from its vehicles in San Francisco by the end of the year.

Cruise CEO Dan Ammann said in a statement that the company got a permit Thursday from California's Department of Motor Vehicles to let the cars travel on their own.

The move follows last week's announcement from Waymo that it would open its autonomous ride-hailing