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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

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.