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California DMV Rescinds Registration of 16 Uber Driverless Cars, Halts Program
- kafkaesq 10y agoIt won't be enough, of course. And short of an arrest warrant for Kalanick himself when his bold, "disruptive" experiment inevitably results in actual, real, human carnage (and irreparable heartbreak for the next of kind of those affected) -- most likely nothing will.
- anigbrowl 10y agoThis feels very much like a political skirmish. Kalanick has run the company this way for a long time, of course, but one wonders if he's attempting to provoke a showdown between the incoming administration (to which he is an adviser) and the political entity that is arguably the epicenter of political opposition to that administration. It certainly sets the stage for a conflict between 'obstructive bureaucrats' on one side and 'impatient inventors' on the other - a theatrical interpretation that may not have a solid basis in reality but which is sufficiently familiar as to give it instant news appeal.