03-28-2018, 12:55 PM
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Uber dropping the program?
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Uber on Tuesday told the California Department of Motor Vehicles that the ride-hailing service will not renew its permit to test autonomous vehicles when it expires Saturday.
The backdrop: This comes on the heels of the company’s suspension of tests on public roads in the state, as well as in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Ontario in the wake of a fatality in Tempe, Arizona. The ride-hailing service has fought a year-long court battle over its self-driving car unit and put up a fight in late 2016 when it was asked to get a permit; Uber agreed to get one early last year.
This probably isn’t a case of Uber acting with a simple abundance of caution. The more the investigation into the fatal accident proceeds, the more questions have been raised. For one thing, it’s been revealed that the company was using fewer safety sensors than they originally had proposed, though it’s unclear if that was a factor in the case of the woman with the bicycle being killed. (Reuters)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/03/...-car-race-now/
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