By Chuck Martin
Uber has received approval to get its autonomous vehicles back on the road.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has given the ride hailing company a letter of authorization to resume tests in Pittsburgh, Uber confirmed to the AI & IoT Daily.
A small number of autonomous vehicles are expected to be used for the on-road testing.
Uber had halted its public trials of self-driving cars after a traffic fatality involving an Uber car running in fully autonomous mode in Arizona. Since then, Uber and Volvo have integrated the emergency braking system technologies of Uber and those in the Volvo vehicles used in the trials.
In addition to autonomous vehicles, Uber has been diversifying, including the purchase earlier this year of Jump, a connected bike and e-scooter-sharing startup.
Uber and ride-hailing competitor Lyft both are reportedly planning initial public offerings next year.
