- Tesla (TSLA -0.8%) started testing self-driving cars in California late last year, according to documents filed with the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Data indicates that Tesla's rate of disengagement (human driver response) was 0.33 per autonomous mile for the four vehicles tested.
- Full list of California self-driving program participants: Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz, Google. Delphi Automotive (NYSE:DLPH), Tesla Motors, Bosch, Nissan (OTCPK:NSANY), GM, Cruise LLC, BMW,Honda, Ford, Zoox Inc., Drive.ai Inc., Faraday & Future Inc., Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), Wheego Electric Cars, Valeo North America, NextEV USA, Telenav, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), AutoX Technologies.