Here’s why Uber doesn’t think it needs a permit for its self-driving cars in San Francisco

Uber has fired back at California state regulators over demands that it halt testing of its self-driving cars in San Francisco. The company’s head of its advanced technology group and cofounder of autonomous trucking company Otto Anthony Levandowski believes that it’s all a matter of perspective. He claimed that regulations apply to “autonomous vehicles,” while Uber is testing self-driving cars.
Here’s the difference: California mandates that autonomous vehicles are