A manufacturer with a permit to test with a safety driver is authorized to test on any public road within the State of California. As of March 4, 2025, DMV has issued Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permits (with a driver) to the following entities:
- AIMOTIVE INC
- APOLLO AUTONOMOUS DRIVING USA LLC
- AURORA OPERATIONS, INC
- AUTOX TECHNOLOGIES INC
- BEEP
- BLACK SESAME TECHNOLOGIES INC
- GATIK AI INC
- HELM.AI INC
- IMAGRY INC
- MAY MOBILITY
- MERC BENZ
- MOBILEYE
- MOTIONAL
- NISSAN
- NULLMAX
- NURO, INC
- NVIDIA CORPORATION
- PLUSAI, INC
- PONY.AI
- QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES, INC
- SAIF
- TELENAV, INC.
- TESLA
- VALEO NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- VUERON TECHNOLOGY USA, INC
- WAYMO LLC
- WeRide Corp DBA WeRide AI
- WOVEN PLANET NORTH AMERICA, INC
- XMOTORS.AI, INC
- ZOOX INC
DMV has authorized the following manufacturers to test autonomous vehicles without a safety driver –Updated July 24, 2024
| AV Manufacturer | Approved Locations | Time of Day Operations | Approved ODD Characteristics |
| Apollo Autonomous Driving USA LLC | San Francisco – Downtown – Potrero Hill – Presidio Heights – Richmond – Sunset Sunnyvale – North of El Camino Real (California State Route 82) | · All times of day and night (San Francisco) · Weekdays and weekends, 9 AM – 9 PM (Sunnyvale) | · Includes clear weather, but also light inclement weather conditions, including light rain and fog · Speed 35 MPH (San Francisco) · Speed 45 MPH (Sunnyvale) |
| AutoX Technologies, Inc. | San Jose | All times of day and night | · Mild and clear conditions, as well as light precipitation · Speed 45 MPH |
| Nuro Inc. R2 Nuro Robot | · Atherton · East Palo Alto · Los Altos · Menlo Park · Mountain View · Palo Alto · Redwood City · San Carlos · Sunnyvale · Woodside | All times of day and night | · Dry or wet pavement or asphalt, including light rain, and light to moderate fog · Speed 25-35 MPH |
| R3 Nuro Robot | · Los Altos · Menlo Park · Mountain View · Palo Alto | All times of day and night | · Dry or wet pavement or asphalt, including light rain, and light to moderate fog · Speed 45 MPH |
| Waymo LLC | · San Francisco County · San Mateo County · Santa Clara County · Portions or all of the following cities: – Atherton – Belmont – Brisbane – Burlingame – Colma – East Palo Alto – Foster City – Hillsborough – Los Alto – Los Alto Hills – Menlo Park – Millbrae – Mountain View – Palo Alto – Portola Valley – Redwood City – San Bruno – San Carlos – San Mateo – South San Francisco – Sunnyvale – Woodside · Los Angeles County · Portions or all of the following cities: – Bell – Bell Gardens – Beverly Hills – Carson – Commerce – Compton – Cudahy – Culver City – El Segundo – Gardena – Hawthorne – Huntington Park – Inglewood – Lawndale – Long Beach – Los Angeles – Lynwood – Manhattan Beach – Maywood – Paramount – Redondo Beach – Santa Monica – South Gate – Torrance – Vernon – West Hollywood | All times of day and night | · Inclement weather, rain, and fog · Speed 65 mph |
| WeRide Corp DBA WeRide AI | · San Jose · Santa Clara | Daytime | · Clear or cloudy weather but also light inclement weather conditions, including light rain · Speed 50 MPH |
| Zoox Inc. | Foster City San Francisco · South of Market (SOMA) – Mission Street – 5th Street – Brannan Street – 15th Street | All times of day and night | · Clear conditions, light rain and fog · Speed 40 MPH (Foster City) · Speed 45 MPH (San Francisco) |
As of January 11, 2024, DMV has authorized the deployment of autonomous vehicles from the following entities:
| AV Manufacturer | Approved Locations | Time of Day Operations | Approved ODD Characteristics |
| Mercedes-Benz USA | · California freeways and highways in: – Bay Area – Los Angeles – Sacramento – San Diego · Interstate 5 · Interstate 15 connecting Los Angeles area to Nevada | Daytime | · Sufficient weather conditons Excludes: Flooded highways, heavy smoke, heavy dust, and heavy fog, snowstorms · Speed 40 mph |
| Nuro Inc. | · San Mateo County · Santa Clara County | All times of day and night | · Fair weather conditions: – dry or wet pavement/asphalt – light rain – light to moderate fog · Speed 25-35 mph |
| Waymo LLC | · San Francisco County · San Mateo County · Santa Clara County · Portions or all of the following cities: – Atherton – Belmont – Brisbane – Burlingame – Colma – East Palo Alto – Foster City – Hillsborough – Los Alto – Los Alto Hills – Menlo Park – Millbrae – Mountain View – Palo Alto – Portola Valley – Redwood City – San Bruno – San Carlos – San Mateo – South San Francisco – Sunnyvale – Woodside · Los Angeles County · Portions or all of the following cities: – Bell – Bell Gardens – Beverly Hills – Carson – Commerce – Compton – Cudahy – Culver City – El Segundo – Gardena – Hawthorne – Huntington Park – Inglewood – Lawndale – Long Beach – Los Angeles – Lynwood – Manhattan Beach – Maywood – Paramount – Redondo Beach – Santa Monica – South Gate – Torrance – Vernon – West Hollywood | All times of day and night | · Inclement weather, rain, and fog · Speed 65 mph |
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