Uber takes self driving cars to Arizona and abandons plans for San Francisco

California's DMV cracked down on the company's testing program Discovered the vehicles did not have the correct permits for the autonomous vehicles to be operated on the streets Uber maintains it does not need a permit because the cars are not sophisticated enough to continuously drive themselves California's DMV cracked down on the company's testing program Uber's self-driving program was up and running in San Francisco for just a week, and all the while the company was embroiled in a dispute with the state DMV and attorney general. Uber now lets you set a friend as your destination - and... Don't have sex with your driver, smoke or ask overly... Philadelphia woman is charged $28,639 for an Uber ride... Uber now lets you set a friend as your destination - and... Don't have sex with your driver, smoke or ask overly... Philadelphia woman is charged $28,639 for an Uber ride... The regulator demanded the firm get a permit to test its self-driving cars on public roads - but Uber didn't believe they needed one as their cars are not yet able to fully drive on their own. Uber Technologies Inc. has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets after California regulators cracked down on the program because the company had not obtained a permit to test autonomous vehicles. The California Department of Motor Vehicles said on Wednesday it revoked the registration of 16 Uber self-driving cars after a weeklong battle with the ride-services company.