Take a walk around San Francisco this summer and you’ll see something curious: Jaguar SUVs and Chevrolet hatchbacks driving around with no one inside. The ghostly vehicles are owned and …
I was out at the bar with a friend of mine. He’d picked me up so I could have a few drinks and not worry about getting home; had also …
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, August 1, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. 1st Gear: …
Are you using generative AI at Uber? AI is part of the Uber DNA. We use large models to predict your ETA, to process documents that drivers upload, to predict …
Photo: Santiago Mejia (AP) In March 2018, one of Uber’s autonomous prototypes hit a pedestrian crossing the street. The victim, Elaine Herzberg, was taken to the hospital and later died …
Photo: Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEWpress (Getty Images) We’ve all been in a situation where we needed a ride, like a night out was too intense to step behind the wheel to get …
While Vasquez and Uber may find some closure in the plea deal, self-driving expert Bryant Walker Smith says the NTSB should revisit the Slack issue to find the truth. “I …
Going on vacation, most people don’t expect for things to go wrong. And if things do go wrong, most don’t think that it’ll be bad enough to literally change the …
A former high school football star was fatally struck by a car on a busy California highway after his Uber driver left him on the side of the road last …
Uber will soon offer rides in Waymo’s autonomous vehicles using the regular Uber app. It will also integrate with Uber Eats for meal delivery. Announced on Tuesday, the service will …