Watch a self-driving car self-drive itself around San Francisco

Although Uber’s robot cars departed San Francisco in dramatic fashion in December, its many competitors in the self-driving market stuck around, including General Motors, which has begun showing off the performance of its automated Chevy Bolts via a YouTube channel.

In January, Cruise Automation (GM previously acquired San Francisco-based Cruise for $1 billion in 2016) uploaded a video called "Election Day," showing dashboard footage of a Bolt taking an app-navigated cruise through SoMa and Civic Center:

And a second video, dubbed "Mission Dolores," appeared recently (and is show below), this one a three minute cruise through the Mission. (Note that the three minutes of footage comprises about 20 minutes of driving time.)

There’s nothing particular remarkable about the car’s on-road behavior…which of course is the entire point. The safety driver is careful to keep hands a fraction of an inch from the wheel at all times, maintaining a palms-up just to prove to the camera that no cheating is happening.

Watching the wheel flip around on its own can be a little freaky, but the Mission expedition ends without incident. Both videos are obviously cherry-picked to show the tech at its best, but as the company points out, it was done all in one take, and it’s an impressive outing at face value. SF Curbed