“We’re feeling job anxiety. We’re feeling a sense of crisis,” Ha Bu-young, the head of the Hyundai Motor union, South Korea’s biggest and most powerful union, told Reuters in an interview late last week. ULSAN, South Korea: Hyundai Motor’s union chief warned its workers may face a similar crisis to the one hitting General Motors‘… Continue reading Hyundai union chief warns of job crisis, says electric cars are ‘evil’
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Uber CEO says there will be no more global exit deals
Uber has exited three global markets by selling to rivals, but enough is enough after its deal with Grab so says CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. Following today’s announcement with Grab which sees Uber leave Southeast Asia hot on the heels of exits in China (2016) and Russia (2017), Khosrowshahi told employees that there will be no more repeats… Continue reading Uber CEO says there will be no more global exit deals
Grab Merges with Uber in Southeast Asia
– Largest-ever deal of its kind in Southeast Asia – Grab to embark on next phase of growth to build Southeast Asia’s leading online-to-offline (O2O) mobile platform – To expand GrabFood towards becoming the region’s #1 provider of food delivery services SINGAPORE and SAN FRANCISCO, March 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Grab today announced that it… Continue reading Grab Merges with Uber in Southeast Asia
Uber has agreed to sell its Southeast Asia business to rival Grab
After weeks of speculation, Uber has concluded a deal that will see it sell its business in Southeast Asia to local rival Grab. The company plans to announce the agreement this coming week and potentially as soon as Monday, two sources have confirmed to TechCrunch. Full details of the arrangement aren’t fully clear at this point, but… Continue reading Uber has agreed to sell its Southeast Asia business to rival Grab
Krafcik Says Waymo Tech `Robust Enough’ to Avoid Uber Crash
Waymo Chief Executive Officer John Krafcik said his company’s self-driving software would likely have avoided the pedestrian death in which an Uber autonomous car was involved. “We have a lot of confidence that our technology would be robust and would be able to handle situations like that one,” Krafcik said on Saturday in his first public… Continue reading Krafcik Says Waymo Tech `Robust Enough’ to Avoid Uber Crash
CEO: Waymo dedicated to safe self-driving technology
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Waymo CEO says its tech would have handled Uber self-driving incident safely
LAS VEGAS, March 24 (Reuters) – The head of Alphabet Inc’s autonomous driving unit, Waymo, said on Saturday that the company’s technology would have safely handled the situation confronting an Uber self-driving vehicle last week when it struck a pedestrian, killing her. Waymo CEO John Krafcik told auto dealers at a gathering of the National… Continue reading Waymo CEO says its tech would have handled Uber self-driving incident safely
Uber’s self-driving policies, tech face questions after fatal crash
Just_Super via Getty Images In the wake of a fatal crash where one of Uber’s self-driving SUVs struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona, a New York Times report has dug into the company’s program and found it’s significantly trailing the competition. Specifically, while the former Google project Waymo could have its cars average 5,600… Continue reading Uber’s self-driving policies, tech face questions after fatal crash
Sensor supplier to self-driving Uber defends tech
Keith Naughton, Bloomberg Published 11:41 a.m. ET March 23, 2018 This image, made from video Sunday, March 18, 2018, of a mounted camera provided by the Tempe Police Department, shows an exterior view moments before an Uber SUV hit a woman in Tempe, Ariz. (Photo: AP) A top executive for the maker of sensors used… Continue reading Sensor supplier to self-driving Uber defends tech
LiDAR Maker Velodyne ‘Baffled’ By Self-Driving Uber’s Failure To Avoid Pedestrian
Alan Ohnsman The spot at 640 North Mill Avenue in Tempe, Arizona, where pedestrian Elaine Herzberg was struck and killed by a self-driving Uber test vehicle on March 18, 2018. As federal investigators try to figure out why a self-driving Uber SUV failed to detect and avoid hitting a pedestrian walking her bicycle across an… Continue reading LiDAR Maker Velodyne ‘Baffled’ By Self-Driving Uber’s Failure To Avoid Pedestrian