Uber and Volvo Are Bringing Free, Self-Driving Cars to Pittsburgh This Month

And the app bought a self-driving truck startup

Uber's commitment to automated transportation was revved up today when it partnered with Volvo to give Pittsburgh commuters the opportunity to try out self-driving cars for free. Uber also bought Otto, a self-driving truck startup founded by a pair of former Google developers.

The Uber-Volvo agreement entails a $300 million program to develop self-driving vehicles by 2021. During the next couple of weeks, according to Bloomberg, Uber will let patrons in downtown Pittsburgh order from a fleet of self-driving cars—Volvo XC90 sport-utility vehicles—via their smartphones, representing a new achievement in the automotive sector.

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