A self-driving Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in the first death involving a fully autonomous test vehicle — a crash that could have far-reaching consequences for the new technology. The fatality Sunday night in Tempe was the event many in the auto and technology...
Google-owned Waymo on Tuesday said it will put its self-driving car technology to work for Uber in a partnership between the one-time rivals.
Uber and Cruise LLC, a self-driving car startup owned by General Motors, have announced a partnership in which Cruise will provide Chevy Bolt self-driving vehicles to the ridesharing giant beginning next year, per a release from Cruise. “As the largest
According to local news website AZCentral.com, Uber has not confirmed the vehicle was in autonomous mode, but said that its operations of self-driving cars in Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto have been "paused," a standard measure following previous accidents. Uber tweets after the...
a reminder that whizz-bang tech is not always a great starting point for civic improvement. uber gives up on the self-driving dream uber, the ride-hail and delivery giant, invested more than $1 billion in autonomous vehicles. former ceo, travis kalanick once argued that a tech that removed...
The company also wouldn't say how many minivans are taking part in the initial testing. It has a fleet of 100 autonomous vans in Phoenix, with plans to add 500. Waymo says it has an operations team that can answer questions from the cars' computers, but the cars will make driving decis...
Self-driving cars are being tested by major companies like Tesla, Ford, Volvo and Google. In Las Vegas and Phoenix self-driving vehicles are being tested right along side every day drivers. Whether you agree with it or not self driving cars will be on the road. These vehicles will drastica...
(it pokes uber, a company with which it is embroiled in a legal battle over autonomous tech.) if you live in the phoenix metro area and want to experience the future, you can apply to join the early rider program online by answering a few questions about your travel habits. no word ...
This means that Nissan and DeNA now rank among Uber, Lyft, GM, Didi Chuxing, and other companies pioneering self-driving taxi pilots to launch commercially within the next few years. On March 28, 2018, Nissan said it included ProPilot Assist in the 2018 Leaf electric car and top-selling ...
Self-driving cars are here. They are spreading rapidly. And they’ll likely become a global ubiquity, possibly entirely replacing human-driven cars, trucks, and buses at some point. This future may still seem many years away. But it’s already a reality in Phoenix, San Fran...