Uber remains at the center of the controversy after the fatal accident that killed a woman in the United States. The investigation into this accident continues, and there are already indications about the possible cause of said accident. For this reason, tests with the company's autonomous cars have been temporarily stopped. Although the CEO of Uber affirms that they are already working on this return.
This has been commented on in a conference these days. Some statements that make it clear that the company wants to continue with its plans. Although considering that the investigation indicates that the cause of the accident would be a software failure, they seem somewhat risky statements.
In fact, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has not yet issued a preliminary report. What's more, the company is currently prohibited from operating in Arizona and California. So they will not have it easy when doing these tests they want.
Criticisms of these statements have not been slow to emerge. Since now what the first investigations indicate that the cause of this accident is the Uber software, which has some kind of flaw, it seems somewhat risky to say that testing is already being considered. Just when everything seems to be against the company.
In fact, It is said that Uber could soon lose the license of its autonomous car project. Although it is not known if this will actually end up happening, or is it just another rumor. But seeing the current situation, the truth is that it would not be too big a surprise.
It seems that the company would like to resume testing with its autonomous cars in Pittsburgh, the only site where they have had no problems so far. So it will be necessary to see if this return is announced soon or if things will get worse for Uber.