Friday, November 18, 2016

Uber Shows The Future Is Driverless, But Why?

<p>A Google self-driving&nbsp;car. (Image from <a href="https://www.flickr.com/" target="_blank">Flickr</a> posted by <a href="http://ift.tt/1nv12kV" target="_blank">Roman Boed</a>; Creative Commons license <a href="http://ift.tt/1HgRP86" target="_blank">here</a>)</p>In August, Uber rolled out their very first batch of 100 driverless taxis, with Travis Kalanick, Uber’s CEO, proclaiming self-driving cars are inevitable (Uber currently operates the Uber Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh, a facility dedicated to mapping and driverless technology).

But what’s driving the demand for self-driving cars? Is there an enormous citizen outcry we never seem to hear about? Do citizens even want cars that can drive themselves?

Forbes Magazine article here

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autonomous vehicles   driverless cars   research and trends   self-driving vehicles   Uber   

 

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