Uber begins testing self-driving cars in Pittsburgh

Uber's new self-driving car has begun testing on the streets of Pittsburgh. SAN FRANCISCO - The first Uber car that doesn't need a driver has hit the streets. The ride-hailing behemoth announced in a blog post Thursday that it has begun testing a self-driving car in Pittsburgh, home of the company's nascent Advanced Technologies Center. The car, a Ford Fusion Hybrid with a roof-full of radar, lasers and cameras, will be collecting road-mapping data as well as testing its real-world traffic reactions. Uber's interest in autonomous car technology dates to a year ago, when the 60 billion startup began hiring Carnegie Mellon University robotics experts to staff its new center not far from the Pittsburgh-based school.