“We proactively suspended our self-driving operations, including in California, immediately following the Tempe incident,” said Sarah Abboud, an Uber spokeswoman. permit, with the understanding that our self-driving vehicles would not operate on public roads in the immediate future.”Uber initially applied to renew its permit a few days after the crash. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyUber has had a rocky history with the California D.M.V. In 2016, Uber started testing its self-driving cars in San Francisco without a permit, arguing that one wasn’t necessary because a safety driver was monitoring the vehicles. When Uber refused, the department revoked the registrations for the 16 cars that Uber was testing in the city.

Source: New York Times March 27, 2018 23:26 UTC