Argo AI receives permit to test autonomous vehicles in California
According to TechCrunch, Pittsburgh-based self-driving car startup Argo AI has received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles that allows the company to test its autonomous vehicles in the state.
The permit is for one vehicle and two drivers.
Launched in 2016, Argo AI received a $1 billion investment from Ford Motor Company in 2017, just months after forming. Together, Ford and Argo AI are looking to develop a virtual driver system for Ford’s fully autonomous, SAE level 4-capable vehicles, which Ford hopes to have on the roads by 2021.
Argo AI has accomplished a lot in its two-plus year existence. The company completed its first autonomous drive on public roads in Oct. 2017. That same month, it acquired Princeton Lightwave to improve its LiDAR technology.
In 2018, Argo AI expanded its public road testing into Miami and Washington D.C.

