{"id":11475,"date":"2016-09-15T09:24:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T09:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=11475"},"modified":"2016-09-15T09:24:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T09:24:56","slug":"uber-gives-self-driving-cars-first-general-public-test-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/uber-gives-self-driving-cars-first-general-public-test-in-the-usa.html","title":{"rendered":"Uber gives self-driving cars first general public test in the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uber gives self-driving cars first general public test in the USA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Uber gives self-driving cars first general public test in the USA<\/strong>:- Ride-hailing service Uber has become the first company to make self-driving cars available to the public in the US through a test in Pittsburgh.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company offered a selection of customers free trips in autonomous Ford Fusion vehicles to help them get to their destination. Human drivers sat in the front of the car as a back up to the technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Transport\"<\/p>\n

Taylor Pollier, 27, was given a ride to his bartending job and said it \u201cfelt sharp\u201d and \u201clike taking an Uber any other day\u201d.<\/span>
\nThe Uber cars use seven traffic-light detecting cameras, a radar system for detecting different weather conditions and 20 spinning lasers which generate a continuous, 360-degree 3-D map of the surrounding environment. The tests required two engineers to sit in the vehicle, one as a back-up driver and the other taking notes on the vehicle\u2019s software.<\/span><\/p>\n

Raffi Krikorian, director of the Uber Advanced Technologies Centre, said of the Pittsburgh test: \u201cThat pilot really pushes the ball forward for us. We think it can help with congestion and can make transportation cheaper and more accessible for the vast majority of people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If the cars prove they can handle all the terrain and weather Pittsburgh offers, which are notoriously tricky with snowstorms and rolling hills, it would be a huge step step forward for the technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Self<\/p>\n

\u201cWe actually think of Pittsburgh as the double black diamond of driving. If we can really tackle Pittsburgh, then we have a better chance of tackling most other cities around the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the Pittsburgh service launched the company has said none of the six self-driving vehicles have had an accident.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first public test globally of self-driving vehicles was in Singapore only three weeks ago when NuTonomy allowed members of the public to use self-driving taxis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:http:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/business\/uber-gives-self-driving-cars-first-general-public-test-in-the-usa-754791.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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