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Ryder Uses Uber Central to Boost Customer Service

Ryder System Inc. announced it is using Uber Central to transport drivers and technicians more easily to and from Ryder and customer locations, resulting in less downtime.

August 7, 2018
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Editorial: Course Corrections Are Part of Progress

In times of great change there are bound to be course corrections, as evidenced by recent developments related to innovations designed to advance the science of moving trucks down the road.

August 2, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomousTCA

Uber’s Self-Driving Fleet Returns to Pittsburgh Roads — With Drivers in Control

Uber’s self-driving cars returned July 24 to Pittsburgh’s streets four months after one of its autonomous SUVs hit and killed a woman crossing a street in Tempe, Ariz.

July 24, 2018
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Uber Lays Off Self-Driving Car Safety Drivers in Pittsburgh

Uber laid off its team of self-driving car safety drivers in Pittsburgh on July 11, the company confirmed.

July 12, 2018
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VW Mobility Chief Ole Harms Says Self-Driving Cars Core to Plan

Volkswagen AG’s fledgling Moia mobility unit is betting on the rise of self-driving cars to deliver on its plan to catch up with ride-hailing leaders such as Uber Technologies Inc. without burning through piles of cash.

June 26, 2018
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomousTCA

Uberizing the Truck Industry in United Arab Emirates

The idea of TruKKer was born at a dinner table when Gaurav Biswas realized how hard it was to find a suitable truck at the right time at a reasonable cost. He was quick to spot a lucrative gap in the market, and the region’s first and fastest growing truck aggregator was born.

June 25, 2018
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Investors Bet on the Uber of Brazilian Trucking

Brazilian truckers still get much of their business off of handwritten placards. The antiquated and inefficient system was ripe, low-hanging fruit to Federico Vega.

June 19, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Fatal Uber Crash Sheds Light on Use of Thermal Imaging

Since the Uber accident in March, autonomous car researchers’ eyes have been opening to the need to teach robots how to drive in the dark and avoid people who wander into the road.

May 29, 2018
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Uber Self-Driving Car in Fatal Crash Wasn’t Programmed to Brake

Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving vehicle wasn’t programmed to stop for obstructions in its path, including the pedestrian it struck and killed last March in Arizona, according to federal investigators.

May 24, 2018
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Uber Aims to Restart Self-Driving Car Tests in Pittsburgh This Summer

Uber is shutting down testing operations in Arizona and focusing instead on testing in Pittsburgh and San Francisco, according to an internal e-mail from Eric Meyhofer, a Carnegie Mellon University graduate and the head of Uber’s self-driving car operations.

May 24, 2018