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Uber warns UK not to over-regulate self-driving cars The Telegraph Uber has warned the UK not to over-regulate self-driving cars. In the first solid indication that it is considering bringing the technology to the UK, the app-based ... View the full article -
Toyota Puts $500M Into Uber's Self-Driving Tech Seeking Alpha Toyota and Uber will put the autonomous vehicle tech into a number of Toyota Sienna minivans, which will be operated by a third party but available through the Uber app. Uber's autonomous vehicle program hasn't had a smooth road between the year-long ... https://www.google.com/news
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Engadget Uber is out to prove its self-driving cars are safe Engadget Uber put its autonomous vehicle testing on hold following a fatal accident involving one of its cars in Tempe, Arizona. But the company now plans to resume testing in Pittsburgh and maybe San Francisco in August, according to The Information ... Uber's self-driving program could start again by August, report statesCNET all 4 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Financial Times Uber settles self-driving car crash case with victim's family Financial Times Uber has reached a settlement with the family of the woman who was killed by its autonomous car in Arizona last week, heading off another high-profile legal drama for the company. Several agencies are still investigating the collision that caused the ... Uber settles with family of woman killed by self-driving car ...The Guardian Uber has settled with the family of the homeless victim killed last weekTechCrunch Uber Settles With Family of Victim Killed in Self-Driving Car AccidentFortune Bloomberg -The Verge all 1,271 news articles » https://www.google.com/news -
Evening Standard Arizona suspends Uber's self-driving car tests after fatal crash Evening Standard Uber immediately suspended its self-driving vehicle testing in Arizona, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto. Police have since released a 22-second video showing a woman walking from a darkened area onto a street just before an Uber SUV strikes her ... Arizona Won't Be the Last Place to Micromanage RobocarsWIRED Arizona governor suspends Uber's ability to test self-driving carsCNBC Uber's self-driving car tests are suspended by Arizona governorTechRadar New York Times -San Francisco Chronicle all 490 news articles » View the full article
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Evening Standard Self-driving Uber car runs over and kills pedestrian Evening Standard A self-driving Uber car has struck and killed a pedestrian in the first accident of its kind in the US. Uber says it has suspended all of its self-driving testing following what is believed to be the first fatal pedestrian accident involving the ... Uber self-driving tests halted after pedestrian dies in ArizonaArab News Woman dies after collision with autonomous Uber carAOL UK all 462 news articles » View the full article
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Fortune Uber Is Racing for Self-Driving Taxi Supremacy. But The Rest of the Auto World Isn't Giving Up Easy Fortune Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, touring Asia this week, tweeted a picture on Thursday that showed him and Toyota president Akio Toyoda having “great discussions about growing our #autonomous partnership” while holding baseball bats. They'll need the bats ... Toyota, Uber in cosy relationsIndependent Online Breakfast Briefing: VC Problems, Uber-Toyota Partnership & BAE's WoesThe Market Mogul all 3 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Financial Times Didi Chuxing launches self-driving car in push to challenge Uber Financial Times Didi Chuxing has demonstrated a self-driving car for the first time as the Chinese car-booking group steps up its battle with Uber to control the future of inner-city taxi services. The test shows that Didi, which has 20m rides a day booked through its ... Didi Chuxing took on Uber and won. Now it's taking on the worldWired.co.uk This ride-hailing giant's global expansion playbook is the opposite of Uber'sQuartz Toyota invests $69M in Japanese Uber rival backed by the taxi industryTechCrunch all 78 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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TechRadar Uber self-driving cars: everything you need to know TechRadar Uber started out as a service that was as appealing to potential drivers as it was to urban passengers weary of cabs: with your own car and some spare time, you could make some cash by ferrying folks to where they needed to go. Lately, though, Uber has ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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10. WE SUPPORT THAT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES (AVS) IN DENSE URBAN AREAS SHOULD BE OPERATED ONLY IN SHARED FLEETS. Due to the transformational potential of autonomous vehicle technology, it is critical that all AVs are part of shared fleets, well-regulated, and zero emission. Shared fleets can provide more affordable access to all, maximize public safety and emissions benefits, ensure that maintenance and software upgrades are managed by professionals, and actualize the promise of reductions in vehicles, parking, and congestion, in line with broader policy trends to reduce the use of personal cars in dense urban areas. https://cei.org/blog/uber-wants-make-it-illegal-operate-your-own-self-driving-car-cities -
Economic Times Uber takes a step closer to self-driving cars, plans to scrap human back-ups Economic Times DETROIT: Uber plans to carry passengers in autonomous vehicles without human backup drivers in about the same time frame as competitors, which expect to be on the road at the latest sometime next year, the service's autonomous vehicle chief said ... Correction: Uber-Autonomous Vehicles storyABC News all 11 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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WIRED Toyota Joins With Uber and Amazon to Find Its Self-Driving Future WIRED Toyota is joining with Uber, Uber's Chinese rival Didi, Mazda, Pizza Hut, and Amazon. The first three are technology confederates. They'll help design the vehicle and, if they like, can stuff it with their own self-driving code. The latter two are ... Toyota's Vision For Self-Driving: A Robot Pod Van And Uber, Amazon CollaborationForbes Toyota teams up with Uber, Amazon, Pizza Hut and more on mobility servicesTechCrunch Toyota Working With Amazon, Uber, and Pizza Hut to Develop Self-Driving ShuttleFortune Popular Mechanics -TheStreet.com -The Detroit News -YouTube all 151 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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WIRED Uber May Be Aflame, But Its Self-Driving Cars Are Getting Good WIRED A world dominated by self-driving cars is no longer just possible, it's inevitable. And the proof is everywhere. In Arizona, where Waymo (formerly known as Google's self-driving car project) is testing minivans sans humans inside. In Boston, where Lyft ... https://www.google.com/news
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Forbes Uber's Self-Driving Cars Hit 2 Million Miles As Program Regains Momentum Forbes In September, Uber announced its self-driving cars had racked up 1 million miles in autonomous mode, a milestone that took 2.5 years to reach. It took just 100 days to reach the next one million. "We're finally hitting our stride," said Eric Meyhofer ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Fortune GM Wants to Bring an Uber-Like Self-Driving Car Service to Big Cities in 2019. Will It Work? Fortune First, it's been building cars for more than a century. Secondly, it recently added self-driving expertise in the form of Cruise, a San Francisco-based startup GM acquired in 2016. Since then, the number of employees in its autonomous vehicle division ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Automotive News (blog) Uber re-focuses on self-driving initiative Automotive News (blog) Until last week, Uber has been mum about its self-driving efforts while it adjusts to new leadership and a public image makeover. With a newly announced Volvo fleet, the ride-hailing giant showed it still is charging ahead on the path to deploy ... and more » https://www.google.com/news