Uber’s self-driving cars are back, just barely

Instead of a loud, triumphant return, Uber’s self-driving cars made it back on the road in the most humble, modest way on Thursday. 

Nine months after one of Uber’s autonomous vehicle struck and killed a woman outside Phoenix, Arizona, seven of the same Volvo XC90s loaded with sensors and cameras are back in self-driving mode in Pittsburgh. But the self-driving program looks a lot different than it once did. 

For starters, it’s a shadow of its former self, with only a handful of self-driving vehicles out at a time and only in about a mile area in Pittsburgh. Uber has 200 vehicles in its fleet. The vehicles will only operate during the day on weekdays (and not on holidays). For now, no passengers will be allowed in the test rides. Previously, Uber riders in Pittsburgh were occasionally matched with self-driving vehicles Read more…

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