SAN FRANCISCO: The web-based ride service has launched its driverless car service to jump ahead of Detroit auto giants and Silicon Valley rivals with technology that could revolutionise transportation.
A fleet of cars laden with lasers, cameras and other sensors — but no one's hands on the wheel — will be deployed on the roads of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the first time self-driving cars have been so freely available to the US public.
Four of the Ford Fusion hybrids, with their ungainly rooftop load of technology, will be deployed to a select customers on Wednesday, with the company showing at least a dozen more ready to put on the streets.
And Uber is well-advanced in developing a self-drive car with Sweden's Volvo, expected to become the mainstay of the program in the near future.
