(Reuters) – California issued its first 29 permits this week to three companies to test self-driving cars on public roads, state officials said on Thursday. Google Inc got permits for testing 25 adapted Toyota Motor Corp Lexus SUVs, and two permits each went to Daimler AGs Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen AGs Audi, said Bernard Soriano of the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Audi are all luxury brand vehicles. Soriano said Audi was the first to apply for the permits, followed by Daimler and then Google. …
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