Uber ends self-driving operation in Arizona
Uber has shuttered its self-driving testing program in Arizona and laid off close to 300 workers there — most of them test drivers, or "vehicle operators" — two months after one of its autonomous cars killed a pedestrian, the company said on Wednesday. The company had been testing its self-driving technology in the state since 2016, but halted operations in the wake of the March crash. The company's testing was also indefinitely suspended by the Arizona governor's office.
[...] Uber says it still plans to restart its self-driving operations in other locations (like Pittsburgh or San Francisco) once the investigations into the Arizona crash are complete. But in those locations, Uber will "drive in a much more limited way," according to an internal email obtained by ArsTechnica.
(Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Friday May 25 2018, @12:39AM
First of all, just look at the company we're dealing with here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:soylentnews.org+Uber&cad=h [google.com]
Uber Leaves France [soylentnews.org]
Uber's World Class Tax Avoidance Infrastructure [soylentnews.org]
Uber Evaded Law Enforcement With "Greyball" [soylentnews.org]
Text Messages Between Uber's Travis Kalanick and Anthony Levandowski Released [soylentnews.org]
Real-Life Example of Uber's Regulator-Evading Software [soylentnews.org]
Uber: We Don't Have to Pay Drivers Based on Rider Fares [soylentnews.org]
Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57 Million People [soylentnews.org]
SoftBank Knew of Data Breach at Uber [soylentnews.org]
Uber Letter Alleges Surveillance on Politicians and Competitors [soylentnews.org]
MIT Study Shows How Much Driving for Uber or Lyft Sucks [soylentnews.org]
And of course, who can forget:
The Fall of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick [soylentnews.org]
Specifically related to Uber's crash:
https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=25554 [soylentnews.org]
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