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US agency approves vehicle designed not to have human driver

by AP Auto Writer
| February 6, 2020 8:30 AM

DETROIT (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. government's highway safety agency has approved a company's request to deploy a self-driving vehicle that doesn't meet federal safety standards for human-driven cars and trucks.

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