California DMV pulls the plug on Uber's self-driving cars - for now
38Uber has discontinued its self-driving car test program in the City by the Bay after just one week. Following a dustup between Uber and state officials, the California DMV took action and revoked the registrations of the 16 cars involved. It’s not the end of the story for Uber though, as the company says it’s working with the DMV – and the Golden State bureaucracy – to get the cars re-certified and back on the road.
When that day will come remains to be seen, but it’s no secret California officials were chapped at Uber deploying the cars in the first place. The DMV said it has a driverless car permitting process in place – Tesla, Google, and just about anyone developing the tech seems to be in California – and they say Uber just plain ignored the rules. Uber claims that since they have a person in the driver’s seat of the cars to take over if needed, they don’t need the special permits.
Well, like the song says, Uber fought the law and the law won, but their test program in Pittsburg is still underway, and we’re pretty sure this will only be a temporary pit stop in Uber’s race to perfect its driverless tech.
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