The bumpy road: An incomplete history of the self-driving car

Will it or won’t it? Inside the long road to bringing self-driving cars to fruition.

Words: Josh Lee

As part of a push to offload cash-burning projects and cop a few greenbacks in 2021, Uber has decided to vend its driverless car unit, Advanced Technologies Group, to Silicon Valley start-up Aurora. The $4 billion deal, expected to be sealed by March, will bring an end to the ride-hailing company’s hopes of manufacturing its own autonomous taxis.

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