Uber abandons self-driving lorries to focus on cars

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Uber abandons self-driving lorries to focus on cars

Company wants to focus its efforts on a single area of autonomous vehicles

Uber has ceased development of autonomous trucks to focus on its self-driving car technology, instead. The company achieved the world's first commercial shipment delivered by a self-driving truck in...

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