Four predictions for Pittsburgh's self-driving cars in 2018

This year in self-driving car news started with Mayor Bill Peduto hoping for a better relationship with Uber and ended with policy recommendations from Carnegie Mellon University students on using autonomous vehicles to improve access to public transit. In between, the city's self-driving scene grew by two. Ford invested $1 billion into Pittsburgh self-driving startup Argo AI and Aurora Innovation launched, bringing the number of autonomous vehicle testers in the city up to five -- Aptiv (formerly Delphi), Argo AI, Aurora Innovation, CMU and Uber. But there's still a way to go before we're all multitasking as our cars drive themselves. For one thing, laws need to be created. And the technology needs to get there, too.