Uber Technologies Inc. is revving up its Canadian operations with a new engineering hub in Toronto and the expansion of its self-driving vehicle centre in the city. Uber will also invest more than $200 million over the next five years on expanding its Advanced Technologies Group Research & Development Centre in Toronto, which has focused on self-driving vehicles. Uber was testing self-driving vehicles in Toronto months prior to the incident, but the cars had not been picking up passengers. It credited Toronto’s self-driving centre with delivering “significant technical breakthroughs” and advancing the performance and capabilities of Uber’s autonomous fleet. When the centre’s expansion and construction of the forthcoming engineering hub is complete, Uber said it will have over 500 employees in the city.

Source: thestar September 13, 2018 14:37 UTC