Tag: Driverless cars

Uber’s self-driving unit wins USD 1bn investment from SoftBank and Japanese Toyota

The Japanese car firm said it would also contribute "an additional USD 300 million over the next three years to help cover the costs related to these activities."

April 19, 2019

Driverless cars need new regulations

Questioning the decision-making ability of driverless cars, experts have suggested model driverless car regulations to ensure safety of the passengers. Artificial intelligence (AI) experts David Danks and Alex John London from Carnegie Mellon University in the US argued that current safety regulations do not plan for autonomous systems and are ill-equipped to ensure that these …

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January 27, 2017

Uber acquires truck startup, plans test run of driverless SUVs

American multinational online transportation firm Uber Technologies Inc. announced that it has acquired ‘Otto’, a technology startup whose aim is to make trucks self-driving. While announcing the move in a posting on Uber’s website on Thursday, chief executive officer and co-founder Travis Kalanick said his company would put about 100 self-driving sports utility vehicles (SUVs) onto …

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August 19, 2016