Waymo’s fleet of driverless cars just got the green light to head into San Jose. The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit broke the news Monday. Waymo’s current expansion plans also include San Francisco’s airport, where Waymo is now approved to begin the process of “mapping” the area in hopes of ultimately dispatching its fleet of self-driving cars to pick up and drop off passengers at SFO.

The newly awarded permit will allow Waymo to utilize up to two of its vehicles at a time, with an actual human riding in the driver’s seat, to travel around the airport and train its fleet of driverless cars where and where not to go when shuttling passengers to and from SFO.

“By working to expand transportation options to and from SFO, we're continuing to make it easier for tourists and business travel

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