Latest Uber Headlines
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Legal and Image Woes Mount For Uber in California
May 15 2017 // A rare order from a federal judge alerting prosecutors to possible criminal misconduct by Uber or a key executive deepens the turmoil swirling around the ridesharing company at a time when it’s grappling with other...
Uber Faces Biggest Challenge to European Plans in Region’s Top Court
May 12 2017 // Uber faces the biggest challenge yet to its European roll-out after the region’s top court was advised to rule that the U.S. ride-hailing firm is actually a transport service not an app. Although the opinion of the...
Uber Builds Toronto AI Team, as It Awaits Outcome of Autonomous Car Lawsuit
May 8 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc., in the midst of legal battle with Alphabet Inc. over self-driving car technology, is building a new artificial intelligence team in Toronto to help improve its autonomous vehicle software. The team...
China Ride-Hailing Firm, Didi, to Go Global After Record Funding
May 1 2017 // Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing just raised more than $5.5 billion, giving Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick one more thing to worry about. Didi’s record funding round is said to...
Apple, Tesla Want California to Toughen Proposed Self-Driving Car Test Rules
May 1 2017 // Apple Inc. urged California to toughen up its proposed policy on testing self-driving cars, a move that would result in more public data that could help Apple catch up to rivals in the self-driving space by giving it a...
Florida Battle for Ridesharing Regulations Nears End of Long Road
May 1 2017 // After a four-year battle in the Florida Legislature, lawmakers passed statewide regulations April 19 for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft that would undo a patchwork of local rules across the...
UK Uber Drivers Can Now Buy Injury & Illness Insurance
Apr 28 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. will begin offering U.K. drivers the ability to buy injury and illness insurance, a step to provide a safety net for the independent drivers it has long been criticized for treating poorly. The...
Uber, Lyft Opposing Vermont Bill with New Requirements
Apr 24 2017 // Popular ride sharing companies Uber and Lyft are opposing a Vermont bill that would require the companies to greatly increase their insurance coverage for personal injuries when drivers are between rides. The Burlington...
Uber Faces Hike in London License Fees, in Latest Blow for Ride-Hailing Firm
Apr 21 2017 // Taxi app Uber could face an increase in operator license fees in London under proposed changes by the city’s transport authority, the latest in a series of moves by regulators to rein in a firm that has disrupted the...
Florida Battle for Ridesharing Regulations Nears End of Long Road
Apr 21 2017 // After a four-year battle in the Florida Legislature, lawmakers on Wednesday passed statewide regulations for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft that would undo a patchwork of local rules across the...
Uber Sees EU Growth Despite Impending EU Court Ruling, Denmark Setback
Apr 19 2017 // Uber Technologies sees opportunities to expand in the Europe Union, despite withdrawing its ride-hailing service from Denmark and facing the possibility of an EU court ruling that could mean tougher rules for the firm, an...
Uber Scoffs at Google Spinoff’s Claims in Self-Driving Car Case
Apr 10 2017 // Uber is scoffing at claims that its expansion into self-driving cars hinges on trade secrets stolen from a Google spinoff, arguing that its ride-hailing service has been working on potentially superior technology. The...
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Seattle Law Allowing Ridesharing Union
Apr 7 2017 // A federal judge in Seattle, Wash. has temporarily blocked the city’s first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions. U.S. District...
Uber’s Biggest SE Asia Rival, Grab, Buys Indonesian E-Commerce Platform
Apr 3 2017 // Grab, Uber Technologies Inc.’s biggest rival in Southeast Asia, will acquire Indonesian e-commerce startup Kudo for an undisclosed amount, striking its first deal since pledging to invest $700 million in its largest...
Police Report on Uber Self-Driving Car Crash Tells Complex Tale
Mar 30 2017 // A recent crash involving an Uber Technologies Inc. driverless car suggests autonomous software sometimes takes the same risks as the humans it may one day replace. The accident on Friday in Tempe, Arizona, caused no major...
Self-Driving Car Crash in Arizona A Reminder about Regulation Challenges
Mar 29 2017 // A crash that caused an Uber self-driving SUV to flip onto its side in a Phoenix suburb serves as a stark reminder of the challenges surrounding autonomous vehicles in Arizona, a state that has gone all-in to entice the...
Uber Resuming Autonomous Car Program After Crash
Mar 27 2017 // Driverless vehicles operated by Uber Technologies Inc. were back on the road in San Francisco on Monday after one of its self-driving cars crashed in Arizona, the ride-hailing company said. Uber’s autonomous vehicles...
Uber Tells U.S. Appeals Court in New York Customers Must Arbitrate Disputes
Mar 27 2017 // A U.S. appeals court in New York on Friday weighed arguments over whether Uber Technologies Inc. customers gave up their right to sue the company when they registered for its popular taxi hailing service. The case could...
Uber Halts Autonomous Vehicle Testing After Arizona Accident
Mar 26 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. is suspending its self-driving car program after one of its autonomous vehicles was involved in a high-impact crash in Tempe, Arizona, the latest incident for a company reeling from multiple...
Seattle Law Allowing Driver Unionization Survives Uber Legal Attack
Mar 20 2017 // Seattle’s first-in-the-nation law allowing Uber Technologies Inc. drivers to unionize survived a legal challenge by the ride-hailing company. Washington state Judge Beth Andrus rejected Uber’s arguments that...
