Uber Self Driving Unit

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  Uber, Google’s Waymo Collaborate to Introduce Driverless Trucks Across the US

  Uber and Google's autonomous vehicle unit Waymo are joining forces to get driverless trucks hauling cargo on roads across the United States. Carriers that buy trucks equipped with Waymo systems will be able to opt in to having the vehicles deployed as "autonomous assets" on the Uber Freight network, the companies said.

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  Autonomous Driving Startup Waabi Raises $83.5 Million 

  Waabi's focus on trucks & logistics is because of the shortage of truck drivers and because highways are easier for machine learning systems.

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  Uber Reduces Losses On Food Delivery Expansion, Modest Uptick In Ride Bookings

  The company in December sold its self-driving Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) in a $4 billion equity deal at a steep drop in valuation. Khosrowshahi at the time said the deal would accelerate Uber's profitability goal.

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  Uber Is Selling Its Flying Car Unit 'Elevate'

  It is likely, like Aurora, Uber hasn't made any money from offloading Elevate to Joby Aviation but has offloaded engineering staff to the company

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  Uber Sells Its Controversial Self Driving Unit To Aurora For $4 Billion 

  Aurora is a self-driving start-up which was founded by Chris Urmson who was the lead of Google's self-driving car project which turned into Waymo.

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  Uber Looks To Partner With Other Self-Driving Companies: CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi

  Uber Technologies Inc's self-driving unit is looking to partner with other companies working on autonomous driving, the company's chief executive officer said earlier this week.

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  Uber In Talks To Sell Its ATG Self-Driving Unit To Aurora

  Earlier last year, the unit had raised $1 billion (758 million pounds) from a consortium of investors including SoftBank, that valued it at $7.25 billion.

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  Russian Search Giant Yandex Has Spun Off Its Self-Driving Car Unit MLU-BV

  Dimitry Polishcuck remains the CEO of MLU-BV which is now solely focussed on self-driving technology.

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  Uber's Self-Driving Unit Could Get A Billion-Dollar Boost: Report

  A group of investors including SoftBank Group is in talks to invest $1 billion or more into Uber's self-driving car unit, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

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  Roundup: How Autonomous Vehicle Testing Is Regulated Around the World

  A brief look at how the United States, China, Japan, Singapore and some other countries regulate testing of autonomous vehicles.

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  Self-Driving Uber Car Kills US Woman In First Autonomous Vehicle Death

  A woman died of her injuries after being struck by a Uber self-driving vehicle in Arizona, police said on Monday, and the ride hailing company said it had suspended its autonomous vehicle program across the United States and Canada.

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  Alphabet's Waymo Said to Demand $1 Billion in Uber Settlement Talks

  Waymo self-driving car unit is also said to have asked that an independent monitor be appointed to ensure Uber does not use Waymo technology in the future.

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  Uber Must Return Stolen Waymo Files, Can Continue Self-Driving Work: US Judge

  Uber must promptly return stolen confidential files to Waymo self-driving car unit, a federal judge ruled, while stopping short of shutting down Uber's autonomous car program.

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  Waymo Self-Driving Unit Sought Arbitration Over Engineer Now at Uber

  Arbitration, which is a private process to resolve disputes, could keep the battle out of the public eye.

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  Uber's Self-Driving Unit Quietly Bought Firm With Tech at Heart of Alphabet Lawsuit

  The chief executive of little-known Tyto Lidar LLC said in a May 2016 post on LinkedIn that the company had been sold.