As CNet reports, the company has brought five of the autonomous Volvos back to the city "for mapping," which of course suggests that Uber is hoping to relaunch them for passenger use here at some point, and it's just a matter of when. Volvos has brought all 16 of its autonomous Uber vehicles back to the streets of San Francisco , but the ride-hailing company insists it is not to test its self-driving systems. Instead, the cars will be mapping the environment, and will have drivers at the wheel at all times. The move follows Uber 's decision to move its self-driving tests to San Francisco barely a month , after local authorities in San Francisco said the firm needed permits to conduct autonomous tests.
Volvos has brought all 16 of its autonomous Uber vehicles back to the streets of San Francisco , but the ride-hailing company insists it is not to test its self-driving systems. Instead, the cars will be mapping the environment, and will have drivers at the wheel at all times. The move follows Uber 's decision to move its self-driving tests to San Francisco barely a month , after local authorities in San Francisco said the firm needed permits to conduct autonomous tests.