California releases autonomous mileage reports car makers love to hate


The Cruise Origin in San Francisco. Vogt, the founder and chief technology officer of Cruise, in a January blog post described the report as 'woefully inadequate for most uses beyond those of the DMV'. — Cruise Communications/AFP

Alphabet’s Waymo and General Motors-backed Cruise saw their autonomous vehicles require less help from human drivers on California's public roads in 2019.

Waymo drove 13,219 miles on average before a human safety driver had to take control of the vehicle and Cruise saw its autonomous cars drive 12,221 miles before the autonomous system was disengaged, according to data released today by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

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