Uber’s Driverless Cars Hit San Francisco Streets

Ride-hailing service Uber has rolled out driverless cars in San Francisco, the second American city the company has targeted. Uber tested autonomous cars earlier this year in Pittsburgh, but on a limited scale. The San Francisco rollout is expected to be larger. Uber users in San Francisco will be the first to have a chance to ride in the company’s self-driving vehicle, which is a Volvo XC90 SUV equipped with LIDAR, a radar-type system that uses lasers as well as cameras and computers...

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