Uber Requests Permission to Resume Self-Driving Car Tests on Public Roads November 6, 2018 By TOM KRISHER Nearly eight months after one of its autonomous test vehicles hit and killed an Arizona pedestrian, Uber wants to resume...
Operator Watching ‘The Voice’ Before Uber Self-Driving Crash June 25, 2018 By Mehr Nadeem and Emily McCormick The backup “safety driver” in an Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving vehicle that killed a pedestrian in March was streaming the...
Amid Crash Inquiry Uber Hires Former NTSB Chairman as Adviser May 9, 2018 By Eric Newcomer Uber Technologies Inc., whose self-driving car program is reeling from a fatal collision with a pedestrian, has hired Christopher Hart,...
Carmakers Struggle to Keep Driver Engaged Even When on Autopilot April 12, 2018 By Alan Levin, Ryan Beene and Keith Naughton After partially faulting Tesla Inc.’s automation system for a 2016 fatal crash, U.S. safety investigators last year called on carmakers...
Arizona Bans Uber’s Autonomous Cars After Fatal Crash March 28, 2018 By Eric Newcomer Arizona ordered Uber Technologies Inc. to stop operating autonomous cars on the state’s roads indefinitely after the death of a...
Uber Disabled Volvo SUV’s Safety System Before Deadly Crash March 27, 2018 By Gabrielle Coppola and Ian King Uber Technologies Inc. disabled the standard collision-avoidance technology in the Volvo SUV that struck and killed a woman in Arizona...
Liability in Uber Deadly Crash May Turn on Victim’s Steps March 22, 2018 Uber Technologies Inc.’s potential liability for the death of a woman hit and killed in Arizona by a self-driving car...