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Michigan has taken the lead in the driverless car race the state's governor rick snyder just signed a bill that would allow the operation and eventual sale of autonomous vehicles while other states including nevada and california already allow for their testing and operation michigan is the first to make it legal to have them on the roads without a driver behind the wheel or steering wheel altogether but the state can't take all the credit it had a little help from some of its automotive friends who already had some cards in the self-driving game General Motors Ford Fiat Chrysler automobiles Google Toyota uber and lyft are all said to have contributed to make sure the bill actually did something impactful and even with industry input there may be a few players feeling a bit left out the bill states that companies like Apple Google and uber who may be working on their own prototypes or the technology for these prototypes will only be included if the companies work with a vehicle manufacturer and it complies with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lyft already announced a partnership with GM to roll out a fleet of self-driving Chevy Volt electric vehicles while Ford plans to sell thousands of autonomous vehicles for ride-sharing purposes starting in 2021 the law is set to go into effect immediately so Michigan will officially become the nation's guinea pig to see if these cars actually make the road safer and for more tech news make sure to check out cnet.com from San Francisco I'm Vanessa and Ariana