Much of the test is the responsibility of Ford, which has automatic driving test program since April
the Uber will launch in the coming weeks, a pilot program of automatic driving in the streets of Pittsburgh, in the United States, it will be an experience that the auto industry will take to improve the technology of autonomous vehicles. Although experience of Uber, a company that has been revolutionizing the business model of taxis in several countries – including Portugal where it has been much dispute and request from the government intervention taxi drivers – much of the test is responsibility of Ford, which in late April began a partnership with the company to proceed with the autonomous driving.
the test of Uber will develop in Pittsburgh streets, using a car brand and the Center Advanced Uber Technologies. The goal is to travel around the city without a driver, but the vehicle will have a person behind the wheel during testing for safety issues.
“In the future, we believe that this technology will mean less congestion, a cheaper and affordable transport and a reduction in the number of in car accidents lost lives, “the company said in a statement
Uber’s announcement -. which is a computer platform where after registration you can hire a driver – was the latest a growing number of projects and initiatives that come up quite often in the United States around the autonomous driving technology.
in the same week, Google patented a varnish for autonomous driving vehicles to minimize injuries in passers-by in case of an accident, which would act as a so adhesive that in the event of a collision, was not designed with the impact.
it also promoted a project called Otto to apply the autonomous driving the trucks , a sector that in the uS alone is $ 700 billion dollars a year.
also the Fiat Chrysler, General Motors (GM), Volvo and Lyft (Uber rival) are developing projects for autonomous driving.
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