A video recently posted online shows what happens when police try to apprehend an autonomous vehicle – only to find nobody inside. Police in San Francisco stopped a vehicle operated by Cruise, an autonomous car company backed by General Motors, in a video posted on 1 April. Officers approached the car, which had been driving without headlights, only to find it was empty. "Ain't nobody in it – this is crazy," a bystander can be heard saying in the video. The car then speeds away to the other side of the intersection, leaving the police behind.

Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com General Motors is looking to "move beyond the car" with a shuttle that can move by itself. The automaker's autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, unveiled a self-driving shuttle prototype on Tuesday in San Francisco, and it doesn't have a steering wheel, foot pedals or any driver controls -- just seating for six accessed through large sliding doors. The all-electric Origin was designed to provide maximum passenger space and will eventually be deployed in a ride-hailing service run by Cruise. The company originally hoped to launch the service by the end of 2019 but delayed it to further develop the self-driving technology and the infrastructure required to operate a large network of vehicles.

See how self-driving cars prepare for the real world inside a private testing facility owned by Google's autonomous car company, Waymo. Waymo's latest trial project could be a sign of things to come in the future of shopping and self-driving cars. The Alphabet-owned autonomous car company is teaming up with Walmart and several other businesses in the Phoenix area to give customers free rides to and from their destinations. Participants in Waymo's early rider program -- they number about 400 within a 100-square-mile section of Phoenix -- can place orders for groceries on Walmart.com and get a Waymo ride to the local retail store while their order is being prepared. Then, Waymo will return them home.

See how self-driving cars prepare for the real world inside a private testing facility owned by Google's autonomous car company, Waymo. A Waymo self driving minivan stops for a cyclist at the company's private test facility in central California. SAN FRANCISCO -- Ask people what they think about being chauffeured by a driverless car, and you're likely to get a wake-me-when-it's-here yawn. Waymo, Google's year-old company dedicated to commercializing autonomous vehicles, will soon be offering Phoenix-area residents rides in self-driving Chrysler Pacificas that feature no one in the driver's seat. "What you're seeing now marks the start of a new phase for Waymo and the history of this technology," Waymo CEO John Krafcik told an audience at Web Summit in Lisbon Tuesday, according to a draft of remarks provided to USA TODAY.

See how self-driving cars prepare for the real world inside a private testing facility owned by Google's autonomous car company, Waymo. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. See how self-driving cars prepare for the real world inside a private testing facility owned by Google's autonomous car company, Waymo.

Anthony Levandowski, shown here during a briefing at a garage owned by his self-driving truck company Otto, which Uber bought in 2016. The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into Uber's use of a software tool that helped its drivers evade local transportation regulators, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. SAN FRANCISCO -- Uber suffered a potentially major setback in a court case that could affect the development of self-driving cars Thursday night when the judge referred the case to the U.S. Attorney for an investigation into the possible theft of trade secrets by an Uber executive. In the ruling, Judge William Alsup said the case must stay in court and not go to a private arbitrator as Uber had wanted. "The court takes no position on whether a prosecution is or is not warranted, a decision entirely up to the United States Attorney," Alsup wrote in his order.