In a few weeks, Uber will start using self-driving cars to carry passengers in Pittsburgh, raising the stakes in the fast-track race to deploy autonomous vehicles. Although other companies are testing self-driving cars on public roads, this is the first time the public will get access to them. Uber, which has a self-driving research lab in Pittsburgh, has no immediate plans to deploy autonomous cars beyond the Pittsburgh experiment. Kalanik, in a Thursday interview with The Associated Press, said development of autonomous cars is paramount for the 7-year-old San Francisco-based company. "This is a way to get autonomous cars out there and accepted and increase the adoption rate," Carone said.

Source: ABC News August 18, 2016 12:52 UTC