According to firm staff members, the Japanese motor vehicle creator will probably be playing its driverless technologies relatively present in the limits of a safe assesments site in Concord, California, northeast of San Francisco.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles on its website listed Honda as the most recent of 10 companies that had received the self-driving permits as of Friday.

Other companies already approved include Mercedes Benz, Tesla, Nissan and BMW, which could all soon have vehicles rubbing shoulders with Google’s smart cars (pictured below) on California streets.

Apart from California, Michigan, Florida and Nevada have passed legislation to allow companies to test their self-driving cars on public roads.

Past year Honda showcased the Acura RLX self driving Sedan prototype which was tested on the roads of Detroit. Some of the automaker’s latest vehicles, such as the Honda Pilot, are capable of semi-autonomous operation through features like adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assist.

Google and different automotive producers and suppliers have stated the know-how to construct self-driving automobiles ought to be prepared by 2020.