Agency
California DMV
California's vehicle authority: it issues the autonomous-vehicle testing and deployment permits that most US robotaxi programs run under.
California Department of Motor Vehicles · US state / local · United States · 13 linked actions · Official site
Incidents investigated (4)
- Zoox robotaxi struck an opening car door in San Francisco, injuring a street ambassador
Injury · 2026-01-17
- California DMV suspends Cruise's driverless deployment and testing permits as not safe for public operation
Regulatory action · 2023-10-24
- Cruise driverless robotaxi dragged a pedestrian ~20 feet in San Francisco
Injury · 2023-10-02
- Cruise robotaxi collided with an SF fire truck responding to an emergency; one passenger injured
Collision · 2023-08-17
Filings decided (9)
- CA DMV Driverless Testing Permit
other · active · Nuro
- CA DMV AV Deployment Permit
other · active · Nuro
- CA-DMV-TEST-MOTIONAL
other · granted · Decided 2023-01-01 · Motional
- CA-DMV-TEST-GATIK
other · granted · Decided 2023-01-01 · Gatik
- CA-DMV-TEST-MAY
other · granted · Decided 2023-01-01 · May Mobility
- CA-DMV-TEST-PLUS
other · granted · Decided 2023-01-01 · Plus
- CA-DMV-TEST-AURORA
other · granted · Decided 2023-01-01 · Aurora Innovation
- CA DMV Driverless Deployment Permit
other · active · Decided 2021-09-30 · Waymo
- CA-DMV-DEPLOY-NURO-2020
other · granted · Decided 2020-12-23 · Nuro