Safety Board calls for Federal review process for automated vehicle testing on public roads. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called upon federal regulators Tuesday to create a review process before allowing automated test vehicles to operate on public roads, based upon the agency’s investigation of a fatal collision between an Uber automated test vehicle […]
Volvo Cars and Uber Present Production Vehicle Ready for Self-Driving
Volvo Cars and Uber, the leading ride-hailing firm, last week presented a jointly developed production car capable of driving by itself, the next step in the strategic collaboration between both companies. Uber and Volvo Cars entered a joint engineering agreement in 2016 and have since developed several prototypes aimed at accelerating the companies’ self-driving car […]
Toyota Invests $500 Million in Uber
Extends collaboration on automated vehicle technologies. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) today announced that they have agreed to expand their collaboration with the aim of advancing and bringing to market autonomous ride-sharing as a mobility service at scale. To accomplish this, technology from each company will be integrated into purpose-built Toyota […]
Consumers Union Says Uber, Waymo Crashes Raise Safety Concerns with Self-Driving Cars
Consumers Union, the advocacy division of Consumer Reports, today called on companies developing automated driving systems, including Uber and Waymo, to take a safe and transparent approach to the testing and commercial use of self-driving vehicles. Crashes involving Uber and Waymo vehicles occurred recently during testing on public roads. Uber’s crash led the company to […]
Uber Stops Autonomous Vehicle Testing After Pedestrian Fatality in Arizona
Uber is halting testing of its autonomous vehicle (AV) fleet in several U.S. cities following a fatal accident in Tempe, Ariz. where a pedestrian was killed after being struck by one of its self-driving cars. The accident, which occurred Sunday night, is believed to be the first fatality of a pedestrian where an autonomous vehicle […]
Volvo Announces Agreement to Supply “Tens of Thousands” of Autonomous Cars to Uber
Agreement covers deliveries from 2019-2021. Volvo Cars today announced it has signed an agreement with Uber, the ride sharing company, to sell tens of thousands of autonomous driving (AD) compatible base vehicles between 2019 and 2021. The base vehicles are developed on Volvo Cars’ modular, in-house developed Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). SPA is currently used […]
Uber Temporarily Suspends Autonomous Vehicle Pilot Following Crash in Arizona
Uber Technologies Inc. temporarily suspended its pilot autonomous vehicle (AV) program following a crash in Arizona on Friday. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, another vehicle failed to yield to the Uber vehicle. The pilots restarted Monday. The move will have the ride-hailing company suspend its pilot AV project in Arizona, California […]
Uber Launching Self-Driving Car Fleet in Pittsburgh
Though vehicles will have drivers monitoring the vehicles, residents of Pittsburgh, Pa. will be able to summon self-driving cars through the ride hailing service. Volvo Cars and Uber announce agreement to develop autonomous cars. According to a report in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Uber will be bringing self-driving cars to Pittsburgh, Pa. this month. The vehicles, while […]