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> Uber Technologies Inc., founded in 2009, will soon let users of its popular ride-sharing app hail autonomous Volvo SUVs in Pittsburgh. I have a feeling that

by CPLX 10y ago

> Uber Technologies Inc., founded in 2009, will soon let users of its popular ride-sharing app hail autonomous Volvo SUVs in Pittsburgh. I have a feeling that piece of news requires extraordinarily loose interpretations of the words "autonomous" or "soon".

nsgoetz 10y ago
"Soon" actually is already. Source: I live in Pittsburgh, have seen the self-driving cars on the road, and friends have driven in then. I unfortunately, have not lucked into a ride in one yet.
svantana 10y ago
Actually it will begin any day now [1], however they failed to mention that there will be a driver behind the wheel -- i.e. doing what google has been doing for years already, but also picking up passengers. Seems to me it's mainly a PR move... [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/technology/no-driver-bring-it-on-how-pittsburgh-became-ubers-testing-ground.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/technology/no-driver-bring...
- criddell 10y ago
  The cynic in me would say it's a PR move. The nerd would say it's a way to gather real world data and offset some of the costs of doing so.
  - gthtjtkt 10y ago
    Rides are free if you get one of the self-driving cars.
    - petra 10y ago
      That's step 1. Later rides will be cheaper and than at the same cost ,and I'm sure Uber could get plenty of people .
- CPLX 10y ago
  Nothing says progress like a driverless car that requires a driver in the drivers seat.
  - surfmike 10y ago
    Even if you had a good-enough car, the law would still require that at the moment.
    - CPLX 10y ago
      Perhaps. Also relevant is the fact that they don't have a good-enough car.
- hammock 10y ago
  Best to think of Volvo cars as somewhere between Tesla autopilot and Google self-driving. There was an HN comment somewhere else talking about how Volvo self driving cars don't require hands on the wheel, and have ~12x the sensors that a Tesla does.

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> Uber Technologies Inc., founded in 2009, will soon let users of its popular ride-sharing app hail autonomous Volvo SUVs in Pittsburgh. I have a feeling that

by CPLX 10y ago

nsgoetz 10y ago
"Soon" actually is already. Source: I live in Pittsburgh, have seen the self-driving cars on the road, and friends have driven in then. I unfortunately, have not lucked into a ride in one yet.
svantana 10y ago
Actually it will begin any day now [1], however they failed to mention that there will be a driver behind the wheel -- i.e. doing what google has been doing for years already, but also picking up passengers. Seems to me it's mainly a PR move... [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/technology/no-driver-bring-it-on-how-pittsburgh-became-ubers-testing-ground.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/technology/no-driver-bring...
- criddell 10y ago
  The cynic in me would say it's a PR move. The nerd would say it's a way to gather real world data and offset some of the costs of doing so.
  - gthtjtkt 10y ago
    Rides are free if you get one of the self-driving cars.
    - petra 10y ago
      That's step 1. Later rides will be cheaper and than at the same cost ,and I'm sure Uber could get plenty of people .
- CPLX 10y ago
  Nothing says progress like a driverless car that requires a driver in the drivers seat.
  - surfmike 10y ago
    Even if you had a good-enough car, the law would still require that at the moment.
    - CPLX 10y ago
      Perhaps. Also relevant is the fact that they don't have a good-enough car.
- hammock 10y ago
  Best to think of Volvo cars as somewhere between Tesla autopilot and Google self-driving. There was an HN comment somewhere else talking about how Volvo self driving cars don't require hands on the wheel, and have ~12x the sensors that a Tesla does.