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Lyft gets approval to test self-driving cars on California roads

By TechTaffy Desk

The California Department of Motor Vehicles, has okayed Lyft as the latest company that can test its autonomous vehicle on public roads in California.

According to the DMV website, as of November 16 this year, DMV has issued autonomous vehicle testing permits to the following companies:

  1. Volkswagen
  2. Mercedes Benz
  3. Waymo
  4. Delphi Automotive
  5. Tesla Motors
  6. Bosch
  7. Nissan
  8. GM Cruise
  9. BMW
  10. Honda
  11. Ford
  12. Zoox
  13. Drive.ai
  14. Faraday & Future
  15. Baidu USA
  16. Wheego Electric Cars
  17. Valeo North America
  18. NIO USA
  19. Telenav
  20. Nvidia
  21. AutoX Technologies
  22. Subaru
  23. Udacity
  24. Navya
  25. Renovo.auto
  26. UATC  (Uber)
  27. PlusAi
  28. Nuro
  29. CarOne
  30. Apple
  31. Bauer’s Intelligent Transportation
  32. Pony.AI
  33. TuSimple
  34. Jingchi
  35. SAIC Innovation Center
  36. Almotive
  37. Aurora Innovation
  38. Nullmax
  39. Samsung
  40. Continental Automotive Systems
  41. Voyage
  42. CYNGN
  43. Roadstar.Ai
  44. Changan Automobile
  45. Lyft

[Image courtesy: Lyft]

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