On Friday Uber announced that “they are planning to test their self-driving cars first on San Francisco streets rather than California”. This change of area happened after the dispute with California Department of Motor Vehicles. According to the department, these cars require a special permit.
Anthony Levandowski, Uber's vice president for advanced technologies, said that “as with the Teslas, the cars driven by Uber still have a driver capable of assuming control at any time.”
"We respectfully disagree with the California DMV's interpretation of autonomous regulations, in particular that Uber needs a permit to operate in San Francisco," Levandowski told a conference call with journalists.
"While these are considered state of the art today, they still require monitoring by a vehicle operator at all times." Levandowski said “Uber did not plan on seeking a state permit and for now planned to continue picking up passengers in San Francisco despite the threat of legal action.” He called it "an important issue of principle" about "uneven application of statewide rules.""We cannot in good conscience sign up for regulation of something we are not doing," he said."We have a person sitting in the driver's seat, and there's also a person next to them looking at the system and trying to confirm that everything is going well," he said. "They are able to override and take control of the vehicle at any time."
Worth of Uber Company is around or more than $60 billion, but losses occurred in its expansion and also competitors like LYFT occurs.
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