https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/23/uber-ends-self-driving-car-operation-in-arizona.html > Uber is ending its operation of self-driving cars in Arizona more than two months after a woman was struck and killed by one of its vehicles. > The company notified about 300 workers Wednesday that their positions would be terminated. Uber previously suspended operations of autonomous vehicles following the March 18 accident in which a 49-year-old woman was hit while crossing the street in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe. The vehicle was in self-driving mode with a human backup driver at the wheel.