Uber Vows Better Disclosure of Safety Data on Self-Driving Cars August 31, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Uber Technologies Inc. vowed to make public more safety information regarding its self-driving cars after the National Transportation Safety Board...
Uber Hires Ex-Regulator for Safety Advice; Website Says Software Flaw Caused Accident May 9, 2018 By David Shepardson Uber Technologies Inc. on Monday said it has retained a former top U.S. transportation official to advise it on safety...
More Relatives of Victim of Uber Driverless Car Crash Hire Lawyer April 1, 2018 By David Schwartz More family members of a woman killed by an Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving vehicle have hired legal counsel, indicating the...
Uber Settles with Family of Victim of Driverless Accident March 29, 2018 By Bernie Woodall The family of the woman killed by an Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving vehicle in Arizona has reached a settlement with...
Human Influence Makes Autonomous Vehicle Programming Unsafe: Professor March 29, 2018 The way autonomous vehicles are currently being programmed may not be safe because the programs are copying humans, according to...
Uber Cut Back on Safety Sensors on Volvo Involved in Fatal Accidents: Reuters March 27, 2018 By Heather Somerville, Alexandria Sage and Paul Lienert When Uber decided in 2016 to retire its fleet of self-driving Ford Fusion cars in favor of Volvo sport utility...
Supplier Claims Uber Disabled Its Safety Tech in Volvo That Caused Pedestrian Fatality March 27, 2018 By Gabrielle Coppola and Ian King Uber Technologies Inc. disabled the standard collision-avoidance technology in the Volvo SUV that struck and killed a woman in Arizona...
Waymo Claims Its Driverless Car Would Have Avoided Uber’s Fatal Accident March 26, 2018 By Julie Ann Formoso The head of Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, Waymo, said on Saturday that the company’s technology would have safely handled...
After Uber Crash, Florida Still Welcomes Free-Range Robot Cars March 26, 2018 By David Welch Florida has been trying to lure self-driving cars to the state for testing on public roads, shaping laws that are...
Daughter of Pedestrian Killed by Uber Driverless Car Hires Lawyer March 22, 2018 By David Schwartz The daughter of the woman killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle in Arizona has retained a personal injury lawyer, underlying...