Saturday, 13 May 2017 BERLIN: Germany cleared the way for its giant automotive industry to develop and test self-driving cars, when the upper house of its parliament approved on Friday a law setting out the conditions under which they could take to German roads. Under the law, first mooted by …
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Friday, 12 May 2017 LUXEMBOURG: Ride-hailing app Uber is providing transportation services, an adviser to the top European Union court said on Thursday, dealing a blow to the US start-up which has argued it is merely a digital enabler. “The Uber electronic platform, whilst innovative, falls within the field of …
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Wednesday, 26 April 2017 After upending the taxi market with its ride-hailing service, Uber Technologies Inc is now aiming for the skies with its flying taxis. The company expects to deploy its flying taxis in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, and Dubai by 2020, chief product officer Jeff Holden said at the …
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Tuesday, 18 April 2017 Uber Technologies Inc said that its vice-president of global vehicle programmes, who played a role in the company’s self-driving car programme, has left the company. Neither Uber nor the executive, Sherif Marakby, said why he was leaving. The former Ford Motor Co executive joined Uber just …
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Saturday, 1 April 2017 ABOUT 20 media practitioners in Penang were given a chance to try out the Uber ride-hailing services on the island. They took a short trip from the China House to Seang Hin Leong rattan and bamboo craft shop in Beach Street. From there, they went to …
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Tuesday, 28 March 2017 Uber Technologies Inc put its self-driving cars back on the road, voicing confidence in its autonomous vehicle programme 3 days after one of its cars was involved in a crash in Tempe, Arizona. Uber wrapped up a brief investigation and cleared its autonomous cars to resume …
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Monday, 27 March 2017 Uber Technologies Inc suspended its pilot programme for driverless cars on Saturday after a vehicle equipped with the nascent technology crashed on an Arizona roadway, the ride-hailing company and local police said. The accident, the latest involving a self-driving vehicle operated by one of several companies …
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Monday, 20 March 2017 SAN FRANCISCO: Ride services company Uber Technologies Inc has been thrust deeper into turmoil with the departure of company president Jeff Jones, a marketing expert hired to help soften its often abrasive image. Jones quit less than 7 months after joining the San Francisco company, an …
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Saturday, 18 March 2017 In one of the most expensive countries in the world to own a car, Peter Chiu is finding a novel way to pay for one. The 58-year-old retired policeman rents a car in Singapore, drives 3 to 4 hours a day for Uber Technologies Inc to …
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Friday, 3 March 2017 RIYADH: Drivers from ride-hailing services Uber and Careem are barred from picking up passengers from Saudi Arabia’s airports, according to a spokesman from the kingdom’s General Directorate of Traffic. Traffic authorities would punish any violators found transporting passengers on airport grounds. Airport regulations have long …
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