Autonomous vehicle testing in California dropped 50%. Here’s why.

Self-driving Vehicle Technology Developing Technology Companies tapped brakes for examinations on Public Roads in California, according to New data From the state motor vehicle section.

The company said on Friday that in 2024, a total of 4.5 million autonomous vehicle test miles were logged, which has decreased by 50% over the previous year. This figure includes two types of permits: allows autonomous vehicles and driverless exams with human security drivers on the back of the wheel.

According to the DMV, the controller of autonomous vehicles in the state, the reduction under the driverless examination division is more evident. Records show that driverless tests have dropped from 3.26 million miles in 2023 to 83% only 552,895 miles last year.

DMVO has revealed it Report of Annual DissectionWhich describes examples that had to take control of human drivers because of technical failure or security concerns. These reports were controversial in the past because companies use different values, compare the results or make it impossible to rate autonomous vehicle technology skills.

New figures reflect an industry with a few players, WiMO commercial Robotaxi operators and The Transition SuspensionAnd The final shutteringIts original company is cruise by GM.

Cruise and Wemo Histor reported the mile to the highest exam. For example, Cruise logged 2.6 million Test miles in 2021 until DMV postponed its permission in October of that year. The company has never resumed the exam in California. Wemo San Francisco and ramps commercial activities because it has moved away from the test Los AngelesThe

New permits issued by DMV for a vehicle examination with a human driver have reduced a noticeable decrease in the last three years. Four permits were issued in 2022. Next year, two new permissions were given. DMV has given only one new permit in 2024.

Today, today only 5 companies allowed a security driver to examine with a security driver-and only 1 of them actually conducted public road testing in 2021. Nine companies submitted during the period 2021-220 have shut down the test and withdrew from the program, according to DMV. For example, Tesla reports did not log any autonomous mile.

Six companies, including Automox, Nooro, Warred, Wemo and Zoo, are allowed for driverless examinations. Only Mercedes-Benz (which allows an advanced driver assistant system that allows Hands-free, i-off driving Some highways), Nuro and Wemor have permissions that allow commercial activities.

It is the main and hypide of the autonomous vehicles when the initiative funds flowed and were allowed to test the so -called “drivers” autonomous vehicles in about 605. The duration of consolidation spread through the newborn industry in 2019.

Today, low companies are willing to develop a few million pour in the development of autonomous vehicle technology development. Although there are some recent external. Wave Raised $ 1 Billion May and Weemo Raising $ 5.6 Billion In November

The result is a brief list of active participants – including testing and commercial miles in front of Wimo. The uphight is a integrated industry that lacks competition on the commercial front.