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How Soon Might Self-Driving Cars Be Everywhere?

A Google self-driving car is displayed at the Google headquarters on Sept. 25, 2012. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A Google self-driving car is displayed at the Google headquarters on Sept. 25, 2012. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

This week, Uber introduces self-driving cars to the streets of Pittsburgh. If the pilot program goes well, how soon might there be self-driving Ubers, taxis and cars everywhere?

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with  Johana Bhuiyan, senior transportation editor at Recode, about the latest in self-driving car technology, laws and regulations.

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Johana Bhuiyan, senior transportation editor at Recode. She tweets @JMBooyah.

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