Months after a fatal crash involving one of its self-driving vehicles in Arizona, Uber is not only doubling down on its autonomous research efforts, but investing in a research hub uniquely positioned to reduce the likelihood of similar accidents in the future. Uber's ATG in Toronto is one of the company's four autonomous research hubs, alongside Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Phoenix. Uber had been using vehicles from Volvo outfitted with its self-driving technology for testing in Phoenix, Ariz., before it grounded the fleet in the wake of a fatal crash this past March. A Waymo self-driving vehicle moves through an intersection in Chandler, Ariz., in December of last year. Engineering hub in TorontoAlongside the expansion of ATG Toronto, Uber will be opening a general purpose engineering hub in the city in early 2019.

Source: CBC News September 13, 2018 14:30 UTC