Nvidia Declines After Suspending Self-Driving Car Testing

  • Chipmaker had announced collaboration with Uber in January
  • Company introduces virtual-reality product to aid car learning

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Nvidia Corp., the graphics-chip maker that has been seeking to expand in the automotive market, temporarily suspended its self-driving vehicle testing. The shares tumbled as much as 7.7 percent.

The company, which provides technology to Uber Technologies Inc., stopped its self-driving test program on public roads in the aftermath of a March 18 fatal accident involving an Uber vehicle in Tempe, Arizona. It will continue to use vehicles with drivers that gather data.