Despite Uber 's involvement in a fatal crash last month , its chief executive , Dara Khosrowshahi , has stated the ride - hailing business still considers autonomous vehicles to be the priority . Khosrowshahi did not announce when the company would restart on - road testing of its self - propelled vehicles , but said , in the long term , autonomous vehicles " at maturity will be safer " than motorcycles .
Despite Uber's involvement in a fatal crash last month, its chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, has said the ride-hailing business still considers autonomous vehicles to be the future. Khosrowshahi did not say when the company would restart on-road testing of its self-driving technology, but said, in the long term, autonomous vehicles "at maturity will be safer" than humans.