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Coronavirus exposes Uber, Lyft drivers' lack of safety net

Tina Bellon and Nivedita Balu, Reuters
Posted at Mar 25 09:41 PM

As the coronavirus brings large parts of the country to a halt, drivers and companies are facing the downside of an ambiguous contractor model.  Read more »

Uber loses French case, driver declared employee

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 07:58 AM

France's top civil court dealt ride-hailing giant Uber a setback on Wednesday with a key ruling that it had effectively employed one of its drivers. Read more »

Uber closing office in downtown Los Angeles

Reuters
Posted at Feb 19 12:20 PM

Uber Technologies Inc is closing its office in downtown Los Angeles, where the ride-hailing company employs customer support staff, to focus on its bigger locations. Read more »

Hyundai to make flying cars for Uber air taxis

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 07 01:42 PM

The South Korean manufacturer said it would produce the four-passenger electric "vertical take-off and landing vehicles" at "automotive scale," without offering details.   Read more »

Uber sues California over gig-economy labor law

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 31 06:56 PM

Ride-hailing giant Uber and delivery company Postmates have filed a lawsuit against the state of California, claiming a new law that would treat gig-economy freelancers as employees is unconstitutional. Read more »

Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick severs last ties to company

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 25 08:17 AM

About a decade after co-founding Uber, Travis Kalanick on Tuesday severed his last ties with the ride-hailing giant, announcing he would exit the board of directors at the end of 2019. Read more »

Where did the tech millionaires go? San Francisco faces IPO fizzle

Nellie Bowles and Kate Conger, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 20 09:30 AM

The stock of Uber, the ride-hailing giant, has dropped nearly 30 percent since the company went public in May. Lyft shares are down nearly 40 percent. Pinterest and Slack have declined, too. Read more »

Marcos seeks probe vs Grab fare surges, cancellations during Christmas rush

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 10:36 AM

Grab officials will be summoned to a Senate probe next year to explain reports of excessive fare surges and cancellations in the last month of 2019, a lawmaker said Wednesday.   Read more »

Uber, distracted backup driver cited by safety agency in fatal self-driving crash

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Nov 20 08:09 AM

The NTSB voted 3-0 that the probable cause was the failure of the back-up safety driver to monitor the driving environment "because she was visually distracted throughout the trip by her personal cell phone." She was behind the wheel and was supposed to act in the event of an emergency. Read more »

SoftBank Group profit plunges owing to WeWork turmoil

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 03:47 PM

In the three-month period ending September 30, operating losses hit a whopping 704.4 billion yen ($6.4 billion).   Read more »

Every Parent’s Nightmare: A teenage girl and an Uber driver with his own plan

Michael Gold, The New York Times
Updated as of Aug 28 01:10 PM

On July 12, a parent’s worst fears came true when the Uber driver who arrived did not bring the girl safely home. Instead, prosecutors said, he kidnapped her and tried to take her to his place in Brooklyn, where he intended to sexually assault her. Read more »

Virtual restaurants rise as diners tap delivery apps

Mike Isaac and David Yaffe-Bellany, The New York Times
Updated as of Aug 15 02:06 PM

Food delivery apps like Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub are starting to reshape the $863 billion US restaurant industry. Read more »

Uber loses $5 billion, misses Wall Street targets despite easing price war

Alexandria Sage and Vibhuti Sharma, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 09 09:34 AM

Uber Technologies Inc reported a $5.2 billion loss and revenue that fell short of Wall Street targets on Thursday as growth in its core ride-hailing business slowed, sending its shares down 6%. Read more »

Uber acts against LGBT discrimination during Dutch gay pride

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 06:48 AM

Ride-hailing operator Uber announced Monday it has launched in the Netherlands a new function that allows LGBT users to report if they have suffered discrimination. Read more »

Uber eyes drones for food delivery

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 13 05:11 AM

Uber said Wednesday it plans to speed up restaurant meal delivery by using drones for its Uber Eats service, in the latest effort by the ride-hailing giant to disrupt the transport sector.   Read more »

World's automakers race against electric cars, ride-hailing

Jack Ewing, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 07 10:30 AM

With so much bearing down on automakers simultaneously, it’s little wonder that companies like Fiat Chrysler and Renault were considering joining forces to survive. Read more »

Uber's first helicopter rides set for New York

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 06 11:32 PM

Uber said Thursday it is readying its first helicopter rides, which will carry passengers between New York's JFK Airport and lower Manhattan. Read more »

Uber, Lyft to turn the wheels on car ownership: analysts

Tyler Choi, Reuters
Posted at May 23 08:25 AM

At the annual Collision Conference in Toronto, speakers said ride-hailing apps are also set to play a role in testing automation for safety. Read more »

How the promise of a $120 billion Uber IPO evaporated

Mike Isaac, Michael J. de la Merced and Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times
Posted at May 17 08:49 AM

While Uber raised $8.1 billion from its offering and reaped billions of dollars in returns for its early investors and founders, what should have been a climactic moment for a transportation colossus instead became an embarrassment. Read more »

Toyota to offer self-driving technology to ride-hailing firms in Asia

Kyodo News
Posted at May 16 08:10 PM

The Japanese automaker is planning to supply a new driverless system to be developed with US ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. to companies such as Grab Taxi Holdings Pte Ltd. of Singapore and ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd.'s Ola of India, the sources said. Read more »