How Uber is helping steer the future of self-driving cars

Name: How Uber is helping steer the future of self-driving cars
Uploaded: 2016-09-14T23:30:54Z
Duration: P368S
Description: Uber released its first fleet of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. For now, they are also equipped with a human technician. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Alex Davies of Wired Magazine -- a journalist who took a ride in one of the new cars -- about his experience, why Uber chose Pittsburgh and the future of self-driving cars.

Clip: 09/14/2016 | 6m 8s

Uber released its first fleet of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. For now, they are also equipped with a human technician. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Alex Davies of Wired Magazine -- a journalist who took a ride in one of the new cars -- about his experience, why Uber chose Pittsburgh and the future of self-driving cars.

Aired: 09/14/16

Rating: NR

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