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Newsby StaffAugust 28, 2018

Toyota Invests $500M in Uber for Autonomous Ride-Hailing

Toyota Motor Corp. will invest $500 million Uber Technologies, Inc. to speed up efforts to bring an autonomous ride-hailing service to market. Each company will integrate its technology into purpose-built Toyota Sienna minivans that will be deployed on Uber's network.

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Newsby Michaela Kwoka-ColemanAugust 8, 2018

NYC Freezes Licenses for Ride-Hailing, For-Hire Cars

The bundle of legislation passed by the New York City Council also mandates that the city sets a minimum pay rate for drivers.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2018

Uber Terminates 100 Self-Driving Car Operators

Uber has laid off its self-driving car operators in Pittsburgh, as the company rethinks its autonomous vehicle strategy following the fatal crash in Tempe, Ariz. earlier this year, reports Quartz.

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Newsby Michaela Kwoka-ColemanJune 20, 2018

Uber Incentivizes Drivers to Switch to Electric Vehicles

The San Francisco-based ride-hailing group launched the EV Champions Initiative yesterday in Austin, Los Angeles, Montreal, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, and Sacramento, Calif.

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NewsJune 1, 2018

Uber CEO Suggests Autonomous Vehicle Partnership with Waymo

The comments follow a recent court settlement with Waymo, as well as a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber test vehicle in Arizona.

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Newsby Michaela Kwoka-ColemanMay 24, 2018

Uber's Self-Driving Vehicles Rely on Humans to Brake in Emergencies

A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board found that Uber does not enable the automatic braking feature while its self-driving test vehicles are under computer control to “reduce the potential for erratic vehicle behavior.”

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Newsby Michaela Kwoka-ColemanMay 23, 2018

Uber to End Self-Driving Vehicle Testing in Arizona

According to the Arizona Republic, about 200 Uber employees in Arizona, most of them vehicle drivers, will lose their jobs.

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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2018

Wheels, Inc. to Offer Uber to Fleet Customers

Wheels, Inc. will begin offering commercial fleet clients access to Uber for Business to allow drivers to utilize the ride-hailing service and centralizing billing of the trips.

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NewsApril 11, 2018

Calif. May Put Passengers in Autonomous Cars

California state regulators recently proposed a pilot program that would allow passengers to ride in driverless vehicles, even without a safety driver present.

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NewsMarch 29, 2018

Uber Settles in Fatal Autonomous Crash

Uber has halted all testing for self-driving vehicles after what is considered the first fatality by an autonomous car.

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