Road-Safety Regulator Rapped Over Regulating Autonomous Cars November 22, 2019 By David Koenig The nation’s road-safety regulator is under fire again for what critics call lax oversight of tests involving autonomous vehicles. The...
Uber Rejects Labeling Drivers as Employees Under California Law September 12, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt Facing the most serious threat yet to its business model, Uber Technologies Inc. is dusting off a legal argument it...
Cash This Check for $250, and Sign Away Your Right to Sue July 9, 2019 By Ellen Huet The perennial issue in the gig economy is whether workers should be classified as employees. Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc....
Lyft, Uber Shift Risk to Captive Insurers March 5, 2019 By Katherine Chiglinsky, Max Abelson Ride-sharing giants Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. seem to have found the same solution for dealing with the risks...
5 Reasons Autonomous Cars Won’t Be Available Anytime Soon February 5, 2019 By TOM KRISHER In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those...
Drone-Car Taxi Model Takes Flight November 29, 2018 By MIKE CORDER A scale model of a flying drone-car drove and hovered across an Amsterdam exhibition hall Tuesday, providing a glimpse of...
Uber Accused by Maimed Rider of Impeding Search for Driver November 6, 2018 By Robert Burnson A woman who claims she was run over on a California freeway last year after an enraged ride-hailing driver ordered...
Uber Focuses on Safety, Will Check Up on Idle Cars September 6, 2018 By Eric Newcomer and Julie Verhage If you sit in an Uber car for too long, the ride-hailing company plans to check up on you to...
Toyota Invests $500M in Uber to Get Self-Driving Cars on the Road August 28, 2018 By Eric Newcomer and John Lippert Toyota Motor Corp. is expanding an alliance with Uber Technologies Inc. through a new investment and a plan to get...
Uber Restarts Self-Driving Car Program in Pittsburgh July 27, 2018 Uber has taken the first step toward relaunching its self-driving cars on Pittsburgh-area streets four months after a fatal accident...