Uber may be planning to add driverless cars to its fleet in Pittsburgh as early as this month.

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 8:52AM
Bob Appleby in Auto, Driverless, Uber

Apparently they have been testing driverless cars in Pittsburgh for eighteen months and are getting ready to take the next step and actually implement them. Obviously if this is implemented we are going to see a big change in cost of using this type of system versus the current one. Uber recently purchased Otto which has equipment that can be retrofitted into current vehicles to create a driverless car. Otto initially was launched to do bring this technology to the trucking industry.

According to TechCrunch:

The company will deploy around 100 modified Volvo XC90s outfitted with self-driving equipment. Each vehicle will be staffed by one engineer, who can take the wheel as/when needed, and a co-pilot to observe and take notes. There will also be a “liquid-cooled” computer sitting in the trunk recording trip and map data.

Article originally appeared on Bobs Tech Talk News and Reviews (http://www.bobstechtalk.com/).