Uber ends self-driving operation in Arizona
Uber has shuttered its self-driving testing program in Arizona and laid off close to 300 workers there — most of them test drivers, or "vehicle operators" — two months after one of its autonomous cars killed a pedestrian, the company said on Wednesday. The company had been testing its self-driving technology in the state since 2016, but halted operations in the wake of the March crash. The company's testing was also indefinitely suspended by the Arizona governor's office.
[...] Uber says it still plans to restart its self-driving operations in other locations (like Pittsburgh or San Francisco) once the investigations into the Arizona crash are complete. But in those locations, Uber will "drive in a much more limited way," according to an internal email obtained by ArsTechnica.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @01:50AM (1 child)
Arizona, you suspend us from testing our code just because of one fatality? Fine, we'll take our toys to Pittsburgh, where the mayor has a hardon for us. Enjoy your 300 new jobless!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @03:19AM
Don't worry. They won't count against the unemployment rate after 6 months, or has it been increased to 3 months yet?