https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/15/cruise-can-now-test-driverless-vehicles-on-the-streets-of-san-francisco/ > Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, Honda and T. Rowe Price & Associates, has been issued a permit from California regulators that will allow it to test driverless vehicles on public roads in San Francisco. > The California DMV, the agency that regulates autonomous vehicle testing in the state, said the permit allows the company to test five autonomous vehicles without a driver behind the wheel on specified streets within San Francisco. Cruise has had a permit to  test autonomous vehicles with safety drivers behind the wheel since 2015.