Uber scales back self-driving car tests in wake of fatal crash
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#3TRGB)
Company lays off Pittsburgh drivers as it prepares to return to roads with a smaller fleet
Uber laid off 100 of its self-driving car backup drivers in Pittsburgh on Wednesday as it scales back its testing in the wake of its fatal crash in March.
The ride-hailing firm made 55 new mission specialist positions available to replace them, according to a report by Quartz, with the intention of returning to on-the-road testing but with a reduced fleet of cars.
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