Google spinoff to test fully driverless cars in California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s robotic car spin-off Waymo is poised to become the first to test fully driverless vehicles on California’s public roads.
The regulatory approval clearing the cars to begin navigating the state’s highways and streets without a backup human driver behind the wheel comes nearly a decade after Waymo began as a secretive project within Google.
Its fully autonomous cars have been giving rides to passengers in Arizona since last year. That pilot pro