Google’s self-driving car company Waymo has had fewer disengagements and racked up more miles driven than any of its competitors in the autonomous car market, according to California’s Department of Motor Vehicles' annual autonomous vehicle disengagement report. This requirement was likely a factor in Uber’s refusal to obtain an autonomous permit, resulting in the DMV revoking the ride-hail company’s vehicle registration for its self-driving cars. Waymo's disengagement rate fell from 0.8 per thousand miles in 2015 to 0.2 per thousand miles last year, or from 341 in 2015 to 124 in 2016. The report also found that Google is now ahead of all other automakers when it comes to testing driverless cars on public roads.
Google’s self-driving car company Waymo has had fewer disengagements and racked up more miles driven than any of its competitors in the autonomous car market, according to California’s Department of Motor Vehicles' annual autonomous vehicle disengagement report. Waymo's disengagement rate fell from 0.8 per thousand miles in 2015 to 0.2 per thousand miles last year, or from 341 in 2015 to 124 in 2016. The report also found that Google is now ahead of all other automakers when it comes to testing driverless cars on public roads.