Uber
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The safety driver behind the wheel of an Uber robotaxi prototype that killed a pedestrian in 2018 has been sentenced.
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You can now hail a robotaxi with Uber
You can now book a Motional robotaxi in Las Vegas using the Uber app.
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EV startup Arrival reveals dedicated car for Uber drivers
Uber wants its drivers to switch to electric power and has tapped Arrival to develop an EV designed for ride-hailing.
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Aurora acquires Uber's self-driving division
Uber Advanced Technology Group, once valued at $7.5 billion, has been bought by Aurora Innovation.
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Ex-Uber engineer sentenced to 18 months for Google trade secrets theft
Former Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski plead guilty to one of 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of Google trade secrets that he was charged with last August.
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Uber founder Travis Kalanick sells shares, leaves board
Kalanick has netted over $2.5 billion from selling down over 90 percent of his shares in Uber.
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Taking a helicopter from Manhattan to JFK is available now to all Uber riders.
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Volvo and Uber's latest self-driving car prototype has backups for steering, braking
Volvo on Wednesday unveiled an XC90 prototype fitted with all of the hardware necessary for full self-driving capability. The SUV has been designed to operate on self-driving software being developed by Uber. The two companies have worked closely on self-driving cars since 2016, when Uber agreed to...
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Melbourne picked as first city outside US for Uber Air flying taxi service
Uber hopes to have its flying taxi service in operation by 2023.
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Uber Copter to launch in NYC and fly passengers from Manhattan to airport
High-level Uber uses will soon be able to hail a helicopter to get to JFK airport, cutting commute times to 30 minutes.
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Uber prices IPO at $45, valuing company at $82B
Uber has been losing billions of dollars but will now have to face public investors as the company is about to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Toyota, SoftBank buy $1B stake in Uber's self-driving car unit
Ahead of Uber's historic IPO in the coming weeks, the ride-hail giant's self-driving car division received a $1 billion injection from Toyota, investment firm SoftBank, and automotive supplier Denso. Toyota and Denso will together invest $667 million and SoftBank will invest $333 million, valuing...
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Uber on Thursday rolled out its self-driving car prototypes on public roads for the first time since the March accident where one of the prototypes hit and killed a woman, Elaine Herzberg, pushing a bicycle across a stretch of road in Tempe, Arizona. The prototypes are currently testing near Uber's development center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after the company received a letter from the state's Department of Transportation allowing it to drive its prototypes on public roads, albeit with major restrictions. Uber is also preparing to test its prototypes in San Francisco and Toronto. The...
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Ex-Waymo engineer drove from San Francisco to New York City in a self-driving car
Anthony Levandowski claims he has completed a major milestone for self-driving car technology: a coast-to-coast trip using his latest technology. If Levandowski sounds familiar, it's because he was the center of attention in the Waymo-Uber legal battle. Waymo accused the former employee of stealing...
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Toyota invests $500M in Uber, will add self-driving Siennas to ride-hailing fleet
Toyota is deepening its ties with Uber. The Japanese auto giant announced Monday it will invest $500 million in Uber, which follows an undisclosed investment made in 2016. Toyota also said Monday it will integrate Uber's self-driving technology together with its own Toyota Guardian active safety...
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Uber ceases self-driving truck development to focus on cars
Uber will park its self-driving truck development in order to focus more resources on self-driving cars, the company announced Monday. The ride-hailing giant originally got into the game in 2016 when it acquired a startup by the name of Otto that was developing self-driving technology for trucks...
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BMW's ReachNow app now with Uber-rivaling ride-hailing service
BMW on Tuesday announced that its car-sharing app ReachNow designed for Apple and Android smartphones will offer users the ability to hail a ride, just like the apps of Uber and Lyft. The ride-hailing service is currently open exclusively to ReachNow users in Seattle, Washington, after they've...
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Uber files patent for controversial tech to avoid unsafe areas, older cars
Uber may be gearing up for a new round of controversy due to a pending patent filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The ride-sharing company has filed a patent for a controversial new technology that could route riders out of unsafe areas, and even discriminate against drivers...
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According to a report from Tempe, Arizona, police, the human backup driver in Uber's self-driving car was watching television before the car struck and killed a pedestrian. Rafaela Vasquez, the human driver behind the wheel of the self-driving Volvo XC90, was streaming "The Voice" via the Hulu app on her smartphone in the moments before the fatal crash. She confirmed that she was looking away from the road, but told federal investigators that she was still monitoring the car's self-driving functions. Data from Hulu showed Vasquez was streaming "The Voice" for about 42 minutes. Streaming ended...
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Google Maps no longer allows in-app Uber booking on Android
Android users will find a useful feature missing the next time they open Google Maps. The technology company has removed the feature that allowed customers to book an Uber without having to leave the Google Maps app. The feature disappeared from Android users' phones on Monday, according to a...
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Toyota invests $1B in Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant Grab
Toyota announced Wednesday it will invest $1 billion in ride-hailing giant Grab, valuing the six-year-old company headquartered in Singapore at approximately $10 billion. It represents the largest investment by an automaker in ride-hailing and is the fourth for Toyota in the sector. The automaker...
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Uber wants to be Amazon of transportation, IPO possible in 2019
Despite recent scandals and setbacks, Uber has big plans in the near future. The ride-sharing company has high hopes to one day be "the Amazon for transportation," CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said. Khosrowshahi made the comments and announced plans for a potential initial public offering in 2019 in a...
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Uber plans to build its flying taxis in France
Uber has selected France as the future home for flying taxi production and will invest $23.4 million in the country over the next five years. According to a CNN report on Thursday, the money will be spent to develop the flying taxis. Uber also announced a five-year research partnership with Ecole...
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NTSB reports self-driving Uber spotted pedestrian before crash, but didn't brake
A preliminary report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Bureau determined that a self-driving Volvo equipped with Uber's self-driving sensors spotted a pedestrian roughly 6 seconds before it struck and killed her, but didn't attempt to stop because the automatic braking feature...
Aaron Cole