The California Department of Motor Vehicles issued a permit April 12 to WeRide Corp., authorizing the company to test driverless vehicles on public roads in San Jose. While WeRide has had a permit from DMV to test autonomous vehicles with safety drivers since 2017, the new permit allows the company to test two autonomous vehicles […]
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will open 53 more field offices across the state an hour earlier beginning Monday, July 1, offering the public 69 early-hour offices. Starting next week, the following field offices will open at 7 a.m. every weekday except Wednesday to help ease customer wait times. The offices will continue […]
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San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies, reflecting a growing backlash against a technology that’s creeping into airports, motor vehicle departments, stores, stadiums and home security cameras. Government agencies around the U.S. have used the technology for more […]
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Get ready to wait even longer at the DMV, the Palm Springs office is closing its door for the next six months for renovations an announcement taking many locals by surprise. Bernice Simpson drove 40 miles from Yucca Valley to the Palm Springs DMV field office. She got there just in time because once the […]
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is alerting customers that the Palm Springs field office at 950 N. Farrell Drive will be closing for renovations beginning Friday, April 5, at 5 p.m. The construction project consists of a number of major improvements, including replacing the parking lot, making ADA accessibility upgrades and creating a […]
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Residents who renewed their California drivers license and haven’t gotten them in the mail yet may be part of the latest tech glitch at the embattled state agency. The Department of Motor Vehicles tried to get ahead, sending out renewal notices five to 35 days earlier than usual. The problem was that the system only […]
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The Department of Homeland Security has given the Department of Motor Vehicles a three-month extension in order to comply with changing requirements for so-called REAL California IDs. According to the Department of Homeland Security website, the deadline for the state of California to comply with federal guidelines for REAL IDs is today. But that’s not […]
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is launching an effort to modernize the state’s embattled Department of Motor Vehicles. Newsom on Wednesday appointed Marybel Batjer to lead a “strike team” focused on finding new DMV leadership and recommending reforms to improve service. Batjer is the secretary of the state government operations agency and will retain that job […]
