Uber signs deal to buy 24,000 autonomous vehicles from Volvo

Monday’s deal between Uber and Volvo could set the stage for something entirely new: thousands of autonomous vehicles ­ferrying paying customers to their destinations without a human ­operator, the beginning of a ­multibillion-dollar robot revolution that could dramatically reconfigure how people get from one place to another.

Uber swung one of the largest deals for autonomous vehicles Monday, ordering 24,000 vehicles from Volvo — a move that is expected to advance the case for self-driving cars on American streets.

By Peter Holley

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