DMV Now Hammering Out Rules for Self-Driving Trucks to Come to California

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/12/03/dmv-now-hammering-out-rules-for-self-driving-trucks-to-come-to-california/The next frontier of the self-driving car movement is likely to be self-driving commercial trucks, and the California DMV is creating the rules right now for the testing of autonomous semi trucks. Google-owned self-driving car company Waymo has made some pretty big strides since their competitor Cruise flamed out. Though the reality is that Waymo is not yet profitable, and those robotaxi fares are small change when it comes to how much Waymo has invested in driverless technology. That is no matter to the cash-rich parent company Google, because those cars have learned invaluable little lessons about how to operate on the road. The real money in driv