Tag: Uber’s

24 MAY

Emergency brakes were disabled by Uber’s self-driving software, NTSB says

Enlarge / An Uber self-driving car in San Francisco in 2017. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the fatal March crash of an Uber self-driving car in Tempe, Arizona. It paints a damning picture of Uber’s self-driving technology. The report confirms that the sensors on the […]

07 MAY

Report: Software bug led to death in Uber’s self-driving crash

Enlarge / NTSB officials inspecting the vehicle that killed Elaine Herzberg. (credit: NTSB) The fatal crash that killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, in March occurred because of a software bug in Uber’s self-driving car technology, The Information’s Amir Efrati reported on Monday. According to two anonymous sources who talked to Efrati, Uber’s sensors […]

30 MAR

Uber’s merger with Grab is under scrutiny from Singapore’s competition watchdog

(Reuters) — Singapore’s competition watchdog said it had reasonable grounds to suspect competition had been infringed by Uber’s deal to sell its Southeast Asia operations to rival ride-hailing firm Grab. In a rare move, the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has commenced an investigation into the deal and proposed interim measures tha…Read More

30 MAR

Uber’s next battleground: Latin America

ANALYSIS: Another chapter in Uber’s global ambitions closed this week with the news that the ride-hailing giant was folding its Southeast Asia business into Grab, retaining a 27.5 percent stake in the new business that spans Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Singapore’s competitio…Read More

27 MAR

Arizona suspends Uber’s ability to test self-driving cars

The governor of Arizona on Monday suspended Uber’s ability to test self-driving cars on public roads in the state following a fatal crash last week that killed a 49-year-old pedestrian. The decision to block Uber Technologies Inc’s is a blow to the ride-hailing company, which sees its future success reliant on driverless vehicles, and trails competitors […]

24 MAR

Self-driving cars could be deadly — but they aren’t going to affect Tesla’s and Uber’s business as much as everyone thinks (TSLA, GM)

Gene J. Puskar / AP Uber and Tesla have put self-driving front and center for their future businesses. After a self-driving Uber vehicle was involved in an Arizona fatality, the technology is being questioned. Uber and Tesla aren’t about autonomous driving — and it’s a distraction from their core businesses. A self-driving Uber vehicle killed […]