Uber autonomous test vehicles were involved in 37 crashes in the 18 months before a fatal March 2018 incident - National Transportation Safety Board
An Uber self-driving car. Uber plans to purchase thousands of self-driving Volvos for its fleet once the technology is production-ready.
The board said between September 2016 and March 2018, there were 37 crashes of Uber vehicles in autonomous mode at the time, including 33 that involved another vehicle striking test vehicles. The vehicle operator steered away and struck a parked car. The NTSB will hold a probable cause hearing on the crash Nov. 19.
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