After the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the registrations for Uber’s self-driving cars, the company took
its vehicles to Arizona for testing, where the governor did not require the company to seek autonomous testing permits.
Uber Suspends Tests of Self-Driving Vehicles After Arizona Crash -
By MIKE ISAACMARCH 25, 2017
Uber said on Saturday that it was suspending the testing of its self-driving vehicles,
a day after one of the vehicles was involved in a collision in Tempe, Ariz.
Ms. Kohler said on Saturday that Uber was suspending the testing of its self-driving
vehicles in Arizona, pending the results of the investigation of the accident.
After a successful introduction of the autonomous vehicle program in Pittsburgh last year, Uber ran into obstacles in December,
when it tried to begin the testing of self-driving vehicles in San Francisco without registering for permits.
Although Uber was not at fault in the Arizona accident, the incident is problematic for the company, a start-up based in San Francisco,
which has gone head-to-head with regulators as it has tried to persuade cities to allow public testing of its autonomous vehicles.
Shortly after the San Francisco testing began, one of Uber’s self-driving cars failed to recognize a stoplight and sailed through a crosswalk.