Tag: Uber’s

23 MAR

Video suggests huge problems with Uber’s driverless car program

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Everything Is In Stock) There’s something very wrong with Uber’s driverless car program. On Wednesday night, police released footage of Sunday night’s deadly car crash in Tempe, Arizona, where an Uber self-driving car crashed into 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg. The details it reveals are damning for Uber. “The idea that she […]

07 MAR

Uber’s self-driving trucks are making deliveries in Arizona

Uber announced today that its self-driving trucks have been operating in Arizona for the last couple of months. The company said it has two main transfer hubs in Sanders and Topock, but other than that, Uber is being pretty tight-lipped about the operation. For instance, it hasn’t shared how many trucks are in use, how […]

22 FEB

Uber’s CEO killed rumours the firm’s about to pull out of Southeast Asia and India

Getty Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi reaffirmed on Thursday that the company would be investing heavily in Southeast Asia. Uber is still expecting to lose money in the region initially. Khosrowshahi said that a decade from now he expects 80 percent of growth at Uber to be organic and some through acquisitions. NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc’s chief executive […]

21 FEB

Uber’s Express Pool sounds like a bus stop: Walk a little, wait a little

(credit: Uber) On Wednesday, Uber announced a new feature, where riders “wait a few minutes before their trips begin, and then walk a short distance to a nearby spot for pick up and drop off.” If that sounds awfully similar to a bus, you’re not entirely wrong. Uber calls it “Express Pool,” an offshoot of an […]

15 FEB

Uber’s CEO says its $245 million settlement with Waymo was ‘well worthwhile’

Thomson Reuters Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company’s $ 245 settlement with Waymo was “well worthwhile.” The case put a “pretty significant question mark” over the work of Uber’s employees, he said, and the firm wanted to put the case behind it. Khosrowshahi joined the company five months ago, and is trying to right the […]

31 JAN

Waymo can’t use its self-driving forecasts, but it can use Uber’s, judge rules

(credit: Flickr) SAN FRANCISCO—Less than a week before a contentious trade secrets trial is set to begin, lawyers from Waymo and Uber squared off one final time in court on Tuesday morning. US District Judge William Alsup told Waymo that its lawyers could not present projected financial figures for the self-driving car market, lest they […]

25 JAN

This Startup Wants to Turn Ubers into Convenience Stores

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