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Cost savings and the Midwestern work ethic are significant incentives
Trade jobs go unfilled despite strong demand and underemployed workforce
Autonomous vehicle’s sensors failed to recognise woman crossing road with bike
Tech group backs JV between Alcoa and Rio to develop carbon-free smelting process
Building the road to autonomous vehicles requires a lot of costly manual input
Pittsburgh’s unusual approach offers hope to other urban areas suffering from the effects of deindustrialisation
The president is once again heeding the nationalist views that won him office
Google-owned Waymo accuses group of stealing trade secrets and breach of contract
Duo from Google and Uber to lead ‘start-up’ division based in Pittsburgh
Silicon Valley is showing an interest in how trucks have stolen a march in the use of self-driving systems
Urban planners must take advantage of the potential of autonomous vehicles, writes Bruce Katz
Clear rules are instrumental to the transition towards a driverless era
Testing of first fleet of driverless cabs shows ambition but long way to go
Ride-hailing group to have dozens of autonomous cars operating in Pittsburgh by year-end
Republican is falling behind in battleground states he needs to win
Formerly Democratic Monessen is won over by insurgent Republican
The rusting relics are being worked into gleaming opportunities
Taxi-booking group races to compete with Alphabet, Tesla and GM
Shortfall caused by explosion near Pittsburgh sparks scramble for supply with gas price rising
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