Driverless car company to begin testing in Seattle to learn from wet environment


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A company innovating the way people travel will be testing out its self-driving vehicles in six Seattle neighborhoods starting on Monday. According to GeekWire, Cruise, an autonomous vehicle company backed by General Motors, will be launching a small fleet of vehicles across the city in order to learn from Seattle's hilly environment and rainy weather conditions. Starting Monday, these cars will be seen driving in Downtown Seattle, Capitol Hill, Queen Anne, Fremont, the University District and West Seattle. Featured articleOther self-driving vehicle companies are currently testing in Seattle, like NVIDIA and Amazon's Zoox. Based out of San Francisco, the company has fully launched out of the testing phase in its California hometown, Austin and Phoenix.