Mercedes-Benz to test self-driving cars at Bay Area site

CONCORD, Calif. (KGO) -- Mercedes-Benz has picked a site in the East Bay to begin testing its self-driving cars.

The automaker will use the Concord Naval Weapons Station.

The base, which closed in 2007, has 19 miles of paved roads that the public can't access.

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Mercedes says it will test both the vehicles and special traffic lights designed to communicate with them.