Uber details the safety reforms for its autonomous driving vehicle unit
Uber details the safety reforms for its autonomous driving vehicle unit
Uber Technologies Inc. is committed to improving the safety of its automatic vehicles, as it seeks to resume testing of the suspended technology earlier this year after one of its cars Hit and killed an Arizona pedestrian.
In a long report On Friday, the transport giant said it would improve its software and training and keep two test drivers in each vehicle, among other measures. Uber said he is requesting a permit with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to resume testing vehicles in Pittsburgh, where he has an office.
After the fatal collision in Arizona in March, the company stopped the tests of the robot cars in four cities, He closed his office in Tempe, Ariz.,and fired around 400 test drivers as part of a comprehensive renovation of the expensive program. Some investors and executives have argued that the division, known as Advanced Technologies Group, should be closed or significantly reduced as costs increase.
Last year, Uber took the second safety driver, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, out of most automatic vehicles as part of an effort to save costs. The car in the March accident was operated by a single safety driver, the last line of defense, which according to investigators transmitted the video on his phone in the moments before the accident instead of looking at the road.
Technologists believe that autonomous vehicles could be safer than today's cars by eliminating human error, as well as reducing costs through greater efficiency. But the technology is years away from being viable and will have to pass the regulatory approval.
"This is not a sprint: autonomous and human vehicles will coexist on the roads for decades to come," Uber executive president Dara Khosrowshahi said in the safety report. "The addition of automatic vehicles to our platform could increase the size and efficiency of the Uber network as a whole, instead of replacing travel."
The race to get vehicles on the road is not just about safety. Uber has also estimated that three-quarters of the cost of travel goes to their contracted drivers. The company is considering an initial public offering for 2019 that could value it at around $ 120 billion; Last year he spent about $ 750 million on his self-driving efforts, people familiar with the subject said.
Uber is also chasing major automakers to put their vehicles on the road first, as well as
Alphabet
Inc.,
who is now an interested party as part of an agreement for the alleged theft of trade secrets of stolen cars by Uber.
A spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said the agency is reviewing Uber's application.
A spokeswoman for Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto said Uber seems to be taking a more measured approach to launch vehicles than before. "It seems that they have made more security improvements," he said. "There are more discussions that we will have to have, including the number of vehicles that will be on the streets of the city and the exact time."
As part of his new approach, Uber said he would no longer disable the braking systems of the Volvo SUVs he uses, which investigators said was the case in the March accident. It will also improve your software to better detect objects or people more quickly.
The company fired almost all of its so-called security drivers earlier this year, saying it will rehire some with more extensive training for road and track tests. Some of those drivers, whose job is to stay alert and take the wheel if something goes wrong, had limited prior training and had no safety record.
Write to Greg Bensinger in greg.bensinger@wsj.com
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