FREMONT, California – Self-driving startups like Cruise and Pony.ai have begun testing their driverless cars in some parts of California in the past year with an additional feature: human operators.
While there is no driver behind the wheel, the passenger seat is occupied by a safety operator who “has a red button that can stop the vehicle just in case anything happens,” Pony.ai CEO James Peng said.
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