The company is aiming for test flights in 2020. YouTube / Uber Uber will open an “Advanced Technologies Center” in Paris that will, among other things, become a development hub for the ride-hailing company’s flying car project, known as Uber Elevate. Uber previously said it wanted to begin demonstration flights in three cities in 2020.… Continue reading Uber Opens Paris Research Center to Develop Flying Cars
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The well-funded startups driven to own the autonomous vehicle stack
At some point in the future, while riding along in a car, a kid may ask their parent about a distant time in the past when people used steering wheels and pedals to control an automobile. Of course, the full realization of the “auto” part of the word — in the form of fully autonomous… Continue reading The well-funded startups driven to own the autonomous vehicle stack
Grab launches a food delivery service in Southeast Asia
Fresh from completing its acquisition of Uber’s Southeast Asia business, ride-hailing firm Grab has officially launched its food delivery business — GrabFood — today. The service is already available in beta in a handful of countries, including Thailand, but now it is available in Singapore (Grab HQ) with plans to reach Grab’s core six markets… Continue reading Grab launches a food delivery service in Southeast Asia
Lime, Bird and Spin have to temporarily remove scooters from SF
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has officially made available its permit application for electric scooters to operate in the city as part of a one-year pilot program. Part of that means companies like Bird, Lime and Spin will need to at least temporarily remove their scooters from city sidewalks while their applications are being… Continue reading Lime, Bird and Spin have to temporarily remove scooters from SF
UPDATE 3-Uber disabled emergency braking in self-driving car -U.S. agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Uber [UBER.UL] had disabled an emergency braking system in a self-driving vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Arizona in March after failing to identify the pedestrian, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report released on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators examine a… Continue reading UPDATE 3-Uber disabled emergency braking in self-driving car -U.S. agency
Uber in fatal crash detected pedestrian but had emergency braking disabled
The initial report by the National Transportation Safety Board on the fatal self-driving Uber crash in March confirms that the car detected the pedestrian as early as 6 seconds before the crash, but did not slow or stop because its emergency braking systems were deliberately disabled. Uber told the NTSB that “emergency braking maneuvers are… Continue reading Uber in fatal crash detected pedestrian but had emergency braking disabled
Uber Announces Flying Taxi Research Center In France
Uber’s self-driving car program—from shuttering its Arizona outpost to making Pittsburg’s mayor angry—is not doing well this week. Their flying taxi initiative, however, is, dare we say, taking off. The company announced today in a press release that they’ll be opening an Uber Elevate research station in Paris. Its researchers will spend the next five years,… Continue reading Uber Announces Flying Taxi Research Center In France
Uber will soon detail plan to stop using diesel cars in London
LONDON (Reuters) – Uber [UBER.UL] said it will provide more information in the coming weeks on how it plans to stop diesel using cars in London and of a proposed scrappage scheme, as the court date nears for the taxi app to defend its right to operate in London nears. FILE PHOTO: The logo of… Continue reading Uber will soon detail plan to stop using diesel cars in London
Uber to develop flying taxis in Paris with new €20m research centre
Uber Firm’s first non-US Advanced Technologies Centre will host Elevate programme and research into electric transport Uber said that the Paris base will allow it to more easily work with European aviation regulators, such as the European Aviation Safety Agency. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Uber is opening a new research centre in Paris to develop… Continue reading Uber to develop flying taxis in Paris with new €20m research centre
Uber is building a flying taxi technology center in Paris
Uber Uber has wildly ambitious plans to send flying taxis soaring over cities, but building them will be orders of magnitude harder than anything it has ever done. As such, the company announced that it will open a Paris lab dedicated to its Elevate program called the Advanced Technologies Center in Paris (ATCP). Uber will… Continue reading Uber is building a flying taxi technology center in Paris