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Self-driving fleets are escorting record numbers of passengers around cities like Phoenix and San Francisco. But that isn’t the case in frigid Midwest outposts like Akron, Ohio, home to tire company Goodyear, where hands remain firmly on the steering wheel.

“Snow really changes that condition of the road to control the vehicle,” said Chris Helsel, senior vice president of global operations and chief technology at Goodyear Tire & Rubber.

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