Chinese startup Pony.ai approved to test driverless vehicles in California


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LOS ANGELES, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai has received a permit from California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to test its driverless cars without human safety drivers behind the wheel on specified streets in the state's three cities. According to a statement released by DMV, the permit issued to Pony.ai on Friday authorized the company to test driverless vehicles on public roads in Fremont, Milpitas and Irvine. "While Pony.ai has had state authority to test autonomous vehicles with safety drivers since 2017, the new permit allows the company to test six autonomous vehicles without a driver...