Not long ago, cars topped with a futuristic apparatus could regularly be seen cruising along Pittsburgh’s streets, testing technology that allowed the vehicles to get around without a person steering the wheel.
But such car sightings have become rare as the autonomous vehicle sector has refocused from the hype of the 2010s.
Companies and investors are looking at vehicles in more predictable scenarios — think trucks on the interstate rather than in city traffic — to advance self-driving technology.
Just this month, the people behind one startup that focused on passenger vehicles switched gears, launching a new venture in Pittsburgh that would focus on self- driving trucks. The firm, Stack AV, is looking for space in the Strip District.
It joins Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation, which raised $820 million in public and private funding in July. It plans a commercial launch of its self-driving trucking technology next year.
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