Nvidia halts self-driving tests in wake of Uber accident

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Source: Reuters

Alexandria Sage, Sonam Rai | MARCH 27, 2018 / 12:23 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Chipmaker Nvidia Corp said on Tuesday it has suspended self-driving tests across the globe, a week after an Uber Technologies Inc autonomous vehicle hit and killed a woman crossing the street in Arizona.

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Uber, which is one of Nvidia’s partners and uses some of its self-driving technology, suspended North American tests of its autonomous vehicles after the fatal collision on March 18 in Tempe, Arizona.

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“Nvidia has no choice but to take steps in the context of the fear, uncertainty and outrage likely to be stimulated by a robot car killing a human being,” Roger Lanctot, an automotive technology analyst with Strategy Analytics, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday.

The Nvidia DRIVE platform is now used by over 370 companies developing self-driving technology, including automakers and robotaxi companies and those making self-driving hardware, such as sensors, CEO Huang said on Tuesday.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-selfdriving-nvidia/nvidia-halts-self-driving-tests-in-wake-of-uber-accident-idUSKBN1H32E0

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1. Uber suspending testing of self-driving cars in California according to DMV letter

Uber suspending testing of self-driving cars in California according to DMV letter

http://abc7news.com/automotive/dmv-letter-says-uber-suspending-self-driving-car-tests-in-california/3269761/

Tuesday, March 27, 2018 03:16PM

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Uber is planning to end testing of its self-driving cars in California and across the country, according to a letter sent to the company by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

"Uber has indicated that it has suspended its autonomous vehicle testing operations indefinitely in Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, and Toronto. In addition to this decision to suspend testing throughout the country, Uber has indicated that it will not renew its current permit to test autonomous vehicles in California," the letter read.

According to the DMV Uber's authority to test those vehicles on California roads will now end on March 31 and would have to apply for a new permit to do so after that date.

The DMV says that any application for a new permit would have to address the results of the investigation from the Arizona crash and possibly require a meeting with the department

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Click here to read the full letter from the DMV.