Driverless delivery service Nuro has been removed for California the first permit to implement the autonomous vehicle, which means the company could soon launch a fleet of freelancers commercial vehicles on the city streets around the state.
Nuro received his first authorization to test driverless vehicles in California earlier this year, but the new license means the company will now become the first autonomous vehicle company he is allowed to charge for his advertisement Services. According to its website, Nuro specializes in transporting local goods “quickly, safely and at affordable prices” and is designed to manage “commissions of all kinds – from dinner to dry cleaning. “
Into the A Medium post, David Estrada, Nuro’s legal and political director, said the company will “soon announce our first deployment in California with an established partner.” While deliveries are set to begin with the company’s small fleet. Toyota Prius autonomous cars, Nuro also has customization R2 electric vehicles waiting in the wings.
Issued by the California DMV, the license will initially allow only Nuro vehicles to operate Santa Clara and San Mateo counties – which means that autonomous vehicles will be able to make deliveries to the Nuro headquarters in Silicon Valley, but he would not yet be allowed to make trips near San Francisco or Oakland.
While vehicles will be allowed on city streets at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour, vehicles will be only allowed to drive in “fair weather conditions,“It simply came to our notice then without pens alvodka deliveries on a rainy night.
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The announcement of the commercial vehicle authorization comes while Nuro is trying to consolidate its resources on the automotive market: on the same day the authorization was announced, the company also said that it had acquired Ike, a startup is recommended for marketing trucks with automatic driving.