Uber will soon offer free rides to the Pittsburgh public in autonomous Volvo cars
Transport app Uber is primed to reveal the work developed by its extensive autonomous vehicle research in the coming weeks.
Back in May, the company started testing an autonomous Ford Fusion in Pittsburg – the result of a joined partnership between the company and Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University.
Now, Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting that a soft launch of the car will occur in Pittsburgh with the autonomous vehicles supervised by a driver. One change however is that the base-vehicle will now be a Volvo XC90.
Uber is reportedly hoping to replace one million drivers with the cars, ensuring driver capacity at Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
