AUTOS

Autonomous Uber Cars? Testing Is Underway

-The Pittsburgh Business Times has exclusive photos of an Uber test vehicle that’s roaming the Pittsburgh streets, gathering data as part of the ride-sharing startup’s efforts into autonomous vehicles. – While the car itself, a Ford Fusion with “Uber Advanced Technologies Center” written on the side and a roof loaded with test equipment, is not autonomous, it’s gathering data that Uber hopes to use in future forays into self-driving cars.

2015 BMW X6 xDrive35i Tested: Looks Weird but Doesn’t Drive That Way

-Okay, we’ve been banging on about the strangeness of the BMW X6—a fastbacked, hatch-havin’ four-door “coupe” version of the X5 “Sports Activity Vehicle”—since it arrived as a 2008 model. Seven years of Backfires comments comparing it to everything from the Pontiac Aztek to the 1980s AMC Eagle Spirit suggest readers agree with us that it’s one odd automotive platypus. READ MORE ›› –