http://www.sfexaminer.com/uber-halts-self-driving-car-pilot-sf/
Uber's self-driving car saga in San Francisco has come to an end, for now. The announcement that the ride-hail giant is halting its pilot of self-driving vehicles came minutes after the DMV announced late Wednesday afternoon that it revoked the vehicle registration of 16 self-driving Uber vehicles, and said they were "improperly issued."
"Concurrently, the department invited Uber to seek a permit so their vehicles can operate legally in California," DMV wrote in a statement. In an announcement released minutes later, an Uber spokesperson wrote, "We have stopped our self-driving pilot in California as the DMV has revoked the registrations for our self-driving cars. We're now looking at where we can redeploy these cars but remain 100 percent committed to California and will be redoubling our efforts to develop workable statewide rules."
[...] At least three of the self-driving vehicles have been caught on video and in photos appearing to run red lights, though Uber has said that those instances have all been due to "human error."
Update:
It looks like Uber is abandoning California completely for its self driving car program for now and moving it to Arizona.
Only a day after the California DMV put a kibosh on Uber's scofflaw self-driving cars in San Francisco, Uber is pulling its program out of the state all together.
Uber's self-driving cars are headed to Arizona, and are going, going, gone.
Previously:
Uber's Self-Driving Cars to be Tested in San Francisco
Uber Won't Comply With the California DMV's Demand to Obtain a Permit for "Self-Driving Cars"
(Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Sunday December 25 2016, @03:33PM
"Uber self-driving car takes 3-point turn in San Francisco, and falls off Golden Gate"
OK, too sober...;-)
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday December 25 2016, @04:55PM
Too bad, too, because if any city needs that "favor," it's San Francisco.
Too much money and love for novelty, not enough common-sense -- That's what happens when you do more than your share of hard drugs during your youth.