Waymo is taking the on-ramp to the freeway. Why it matters: The self-driving car company has kept its robotaxis exclusively on urban and suburban roads until now. Driving the news: Waymo announced ...

Absent a federal standard, states that allow autonomous vehicles, or AVs, to circulate have had to make up their own rules.

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Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...