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DMV

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54 articles accelerating

DMV has appeared in 54 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2024Q3 with 5 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside California, Tesla, Apple, Waymo.

Articles
54
mentions
Velocity
+200.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+2.000
velocity change
Sources
21
publications

Coverage Timeline

2026-02-18
San Francisco Chronicle 20 related

Tesla agrees to stop using the term “autopilot” to market its EVs in California to avoid a 30-day suspension by the state's DMV, resolving a long-running battle

Tesla has stopped using the term “autopilot” to market its electric vehicles in California in order to avoid a 30-day suspension by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

2025-06-23
Reuters 22 related

Texas enacts legislation requiring a DMV permit to operate self-driving vehicles, effective from September 1, as Tesla launches its robotaxi trial in Austin

2023-10-25
TechCrunch 30 related

California's DMV suspends Cruise's deployment and driverless testing permits, ending the GM self-driving car subsidiary's robotaxi operations in San Francisco

DMV: “The video footage presented to the department ended with the AV initial stop following the hard-braking 'maneuver. … @transbay@sfba.social : A phrase that I never thought I'd write: DMV FTW.  — ...

2023-07-11
Wall Street Journal 10 related

Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling consumers' mobile device location data, which would be the first such ban in the US

On the other hand, everyone from your cell phone provider to the DMV sells your data without any scrutiny of these practices. … Dustin Volz / @dustinvolz@journa.host : Massachusetts lawmakers are weig...

2022-01-12
Los Angeles Times 5 related

California's DMV tells Tesla it is “revisiting” the company's “Full Self-Driving” beta, which it previously said didn't fall under its autonomous car rules

Russ Mitchell / Los Angeles Times :

2020-02-28
Washington Post

Officials say ICE has run facial recognition searches on millions of Maryland drivers' photos without court approval; activists fear searches target immigrants

Washington Post : Tweets: @profcarroll Tweets: @profcarroll : ICE running facial recog searches on Maryland drivers license database without specific oversight and few details while the Trump/Miller ...

2019-11-26
VICE 5 related

Documents show California's DMV is making ~$50M/year selling drivers' personal info, partaking in the highly criticized but common practice since at least 2013

The California Department of Motor Vehicles is generating revenue of $50,000,000 a year through selling drivers' personal information …

2019-07-15
WFTS 2 related

Florida DMV earned $77M+ in fiscal 2017 from sales of driver and ID cardholder information to 30+ private companies, including data brokers like Acxiom

LAKELAND, Fla. — A local woman is blaming the state government for an onslaught of robocalls and direct mail offers …

2018-05-14
Financial Times 3 related

Didi Chuxing receives permit to test self-driving cars in California, becoming the 53rd company to receive such a permit from the state's DMV

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times :

2017-11-23
Axios 7 related

California DMV website shows Lyft has secured a permit to test self-driving cars

Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios :

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TEXXR tracks 70 Techmeme articles mentioning DMV, dating back to January 2015. The biggest stories include Apple received permit to test autonomous vehicles in California; DMV spokesman says Apple... and Apple received permit to test autonomous vehicles in California; DMV spokesman says Apple.... Frequently covered alongside Tesla, Apple, Cruise, Waymo, and the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Coverage has shifted toward regulation themes and away from consumer.

Key Moments

2025Q4consumer -100pts; funding +100pts; regulation +100pts
2026Q1funding -100pts; regulation -67pts

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