Uber aims for an edge in race for self-driving future
It acquires startup developing self-drive trucks, and will test self-drive cars in Pittsburgh soon
New York
A WORLD in which cars drive themselves may come sooner than once thought.
On Thursday, Uber said it would begin testing self-driving cars in Pittsburgh in a matter of weeks, allowing people in the city to hail modified versions of Volvo sport utility vehicles to get around the city. Uber also said it had acquired Otto, a 90-person startup including former Google and Carnegie Mellon engineers that is focused on developing self-driving truck technology to upend the shipping industry.
