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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Wednesday, 18 January 2017 SAO PAULO: Ride-hailing service Uber inaugurated a support centre in Brazil’s biggest city on 17 January with plans to invest 200 million reais (RM276.86 million) and create 2,000 jobs, underscoring an aggressive growth strategy in Latin America’s biggest nation.  The new facility in Sao Paulo may …

Friday, 23 December 2016 OSLO: The Norwegian government aims to pass a law in the spring of next year to allow testing of self-driving vehicles on Norwegian roads. Norway is one of the largest markets for Tesla Motors electric vehicles, thanks to generous government subsidies. Tesla said in October its …

SAN FRANCISCO ― Uber’s self-driving cars will continue to ply the streets of San Francisco despite growing threats of legal action by state officials if the company refuses to obtain proper permits. Uber plans to defy the California Department of Motor Vehicles demand that it seek autonomous vehicle permits, because …

Tuesday, 6 December 2016 SAN FRANCISCO: Uber announced it was buying the artificial intelligence group Geometric Intelligence, to form the core of the ride-sharing giant’s own research centre.  The move signals a stepped-up effort in artificial intelligence, helping research efforts to bring self-driving car technology into the mainstream.  The acquisition, …

Thursday, 1 September 2016   Uber Technologies Inc has plucked a top executive from US retailer Target to help lead the growing ride-services company and reshape its image. Uber said on Aug 30 it hired Jeff Jones, chief marketing officer for Target Corp, to oversee the bulk of its global …