TORONTO — Uber Technologies Inc. is building a roadmap to become more than a ride-hailing app and it’s chief executive is indicating Toronto will figure into that transition. “We want Uber to make bus service available or train service as well,” he said. Prior to the fatality, it had been testing self-driving vehicles in the city, but the cars were not picking up passengers. For now, they said they’re focused on the expansion of the Advanced Technologies Group Research & Development Centre in Toronto, which has focused on self-driving vehicles since it opened in May 2017, and the engineering hub it will open in early 2019. “Canada, for us, is an important hub…we think we can build a terrific engineering talent base here.”Follow @Tara–Deschamps on Twitter.

Source: National Post September 13, 2018 14:34 UTC