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![Transportation in Pittsburgh](https://img.money.com/2016/08/gettyimages-538934072.jpg)
*The first self-driving car was spotted in Pittsburgh.*

It might seem too cool to be true, but the first photos of self-driving Ubers are starting to pop up in Pittsburgh.

The autonomous taxi service was sighted in the City of Bridges on Friday, [Gizmodo reported](http://gizmodo.com/spotted-a-self-driving-uber-in-pittsburgh-1785791976). While the cars can drive themselves, there is also a human driver behind the wheel in case of emergency.

On Friday, Pittsburgh denizens took to social media to excitedly report the news:

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Pittsburgh is not the only city where driverless taxis are taking to the streets. The first one began work in a limited public trial in Singapore on Thursday. Developer nuTonomy asked a select group of people to download its app and take a free ride in its "robo-taxi" through the city's business district.

NuTonomy is hoping to gain feedback on the service in anticipation of a full launch in 2018 -- at which point it hopes to have 100 taxis working in the city. The driverless cars are Mitsubishi i-MiEv electric vehicles, which are monitored by an engineer behind the steering wheel.

In Pittsburgh, the driverless phenomenon is being tested on 100 Volvo XC90s. The Swedish automaker announced a $300 million partnership with Uber last week to develop the autonomous technology.

Close behind are Israeli driving assistant software manufacturer Mobileye NV, which hopes to have a self-driving vehicle ready for production by 2019. Ford Motor Company said its driverless car is scheduled for 2021.

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