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Title: Uber's self-driving cars will start picking up passengers this month Post by: HCK on August 21, 2016, 04:05:13 pm Uber's self-driving cars will start picking up passengers this month
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Uber's rushing to replace its million-plus drivers with robots, and the company's early forays towards that effort start in Pennsylvania later in August. The ride-sharing service plans to roll out self-driving cars in Pittsburgh that will accept real world passengers right from the get-go, according to Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-08-18/uber-s-first-self-driving-fleet-arrives-in-pittsburgh-this-month-is06r7on).</p><p> The cars, while fully autonomous, won’t be unleashed onto Pittsburgh streets without human supervision. The cars will have a specially-trained engineer ready to take the wheel should something go wrong. There will also be a co-pilot taking notes on how each ride goes.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3109131/tech-events-dupe/ubers-self-driving-cars-will-start-picking-up-passengers-this-month.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Uber's self-driving cars will start picking up passengers this month (http://www.macworld.com/article/3109131/tech-events-dupe/ubers-self-driving-cars-will-start-picking-up-passengers-this-month.html#tk.rss_all) |