Uber's strategy shift

An Uber autonomous prototype vehicle. (REUTERS)

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Compiled by Sharon Silke Carty, Shiraz Ahmed, Hannah Lutz and Edward Niedermeyer

August 23, 2018 05:00 AM

Research firm Gartner has moved autonomous drive technology into the "trough of disillusionment" portion of its "hype cycle" tracker, a signal that enthusiasm for self-driving vehicles may be waning.

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