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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... read more
Police say driver in self-driving Uber was watching "The Voice" before fatal crash
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... read more June 22, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski
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... read more June 21, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski
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... read more June 13, 2018 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
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... read more May 31, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski
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... read more May 26, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski
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... read more May 24, 2018 by Aaron Cole
Uber to resume testing self-driving cars in "a few months"
Uber believes it will have its self-driving cars back on the roads in "a few months," as the company awaits a preliminary report from the National Traffic Safety Board. The... read more May 10, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski
Uber shows off its new flying taxi prototype
Uber is dead set on bringing its ride-hailing service to the skies, and the company showed off its latest flying taxi prototype on Tuesday. The prototype bowed ahead of... read more May 8, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski
Nvidia pumps brakes on self-driving car development after Uber crash
The March 18 crash in Tempe, Arizona, where one pedestrian was struck and killed by an Uber self-driving car based on a Volvo XC90, has caused massive reverberations across... read more March 28, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski
Arizona blocks Uber from testing self-driving cars on state's roads
Arizona on Monday blocked Uber from conducting further tests of self-driving cars on the state's roads as a result of last week's fatal crash involving a pedestrian and one... read more March 27, 2018 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Uber retreats from Southeast Asia by selling operations to rival Grab
Uber is paring back more of its loss-making operations with the announcement on Monday that it is retreating from the Southeast Asian market. Uber will sell its operations in... read more March 26, 2018 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Video from Uber self-driving car that killed Arizona woman asks more questions than it answers
Arizona officials on Wednesday released grainy footage of the Uber self-driving car crash that killed a 49-year-old woman. The video may pose more questions than it answers... read more March 22, 2018 by Aaron Cole
Breaking: Uber self-driving car kills pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona
A woman was killed Sunday night in Tempe, Arizona, after she was hit by a self-driving car operated by Uber. It is the first known pedestrian death caused by a self-driving... read more March 19, 2018 by Kirk Bell
Uber's self-driving trucks are now in service
Uber has officially put its self-driving semi-trailer trucks into operation under the new service Uber Freight. In fact, Uber has had the self-driving trucks in service for a... read more March 18, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski
Waymo and Uber settle lawsuit over self-driving car technology
It's an abrupt end to what many felt would become a long legal battle in court. Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving car division, and ride-sharing company Uber have settled a... read more February 12, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski
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