CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Governor

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
P.O. Box 932328

SACRAMENTO. CA 94232-3280

 

March 27, 2018

Mr. Austin Heyworth

Uber Advanced Technology Center, LLC
1455 Market Street, 4th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94103

Dear Mr. Heyworth:

This letter is in reference to the Department of Motor Vehicles? (DMV) conversations with Uber
last week following the Uber autonomous vehicle crash in Tempe, Arizona, in which a
pedestrian died. We are aware that investigations into the crash are being conducted by a number
of agencies: the Tempe Arizona Police Department, the National Highway Traf?c
Administration (NHTSA), and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Uber has
indicated that it has suspended its autonomous vehicle testing operations inde?nitely in Arizona,
California, 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. By the terms of its current permit, Uber?s authority to test
autonomous vehicles on California public roads will end on March 31, 2018. Prior to resuming
autonomous vehicle testing operations in California, Uber must apply for a new autonomous
vehicle testing permit. Any application for a new permit will need to address any follow-up
analysis or investigations from the recent crash in Arizona and may also require a meeting with
the department.

Sincerely,

BRIAN G. SO LET
Deputy Director/Chief Counsel

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