Technology companies that develop autonomous vehicle technology have used brakes on California’s public road tests, according to new data from the state automobile department.
The agency reported that a total of 4.5 million autonomous vehicle test miles were recorded in 2024, down 50% year -on -year. This figure includes two types of permission: autonomous vehicle with human safety drivers behind the wheel and a vehicle that allows for unmanned tests.
According to DMV, an institution that regulates autonomous vehicle testing in the state, the decline is more prominent depending on the unmanned test category. According to the record, unmanned tests fell 83% from 32.6 million miles in 2023 to 552,895 miles last year.
The DMV also published an annual separation report, which explains in detail the case of human drivers to take over control due to technical failure or safety issues. This report is controversial in the past because companies can use various standards to compare the results or evaluate the skill of autonomous driving technology.
The new figures reflect the transition to a commercial robot, a commercial robot, and the suspension of the parent company GM’s cruise and ultimate shuttering.
Cruise and Waymo have reported the highest test miles of historically. For example, CRUISE recorded 2.6 million test miles until DMV stopped permission in October 2023. The company did not start testing in California. WAYMO has moved away from the test by increasing the commercial operation of San Francisco and Los Angeles.
DMV has been noticeably reduced over the past three years with the new permit issued with human drivers for vehicle testing. In 2022, four permissions were issued. The following year, two new permissions were granted. DMV gave only one new permission in 2024.
Today only 31 companies have a test permit with a safe driver, and only 11 of them actually performed public road tests in 2024. DMV. For example, Tesla did not record autonomy according to the report.
Six companies, including Autox, Nuro, Weride, Waymo and ZOOX, have been approved for unmanned tests. Mercedes-Benz (with a high-speed driver support system that allows you to drive on on some highways), Nuro and Waymo allow for commercial operation.
This is in contrast to the powerful and exaggerated work of autonomous vehicles when a venture fund flows and 60 companies are allowed to test the so -called “driver” autonomous vehicles. The integration period was swept through the early industry in early 2019.
Today, there are few companies that are willing to pour millions of people in the development of autonomous vehicle technology. Although there is a recent unusual. Wayve raised $ 1 billion in May and Waymo raised $ 5.6 billion in November.
The result is a short list of active participants in front of WAYMO in terms of Testing and Commercial Miles. Upward is an integrated industry that lacks competition on commercial fronts.
