Uber plans electric option in London

Uber plans to develop electric car incentives and clean air fees in London, the ride-hailing firm has announced. Transportandenergy.com say the move, part of the firm’s clean air plan for London, aims to assist its drivers in transitioning to EVs through using funding from customer journeys to purchase vehicles. It aims for all drivers on […]

Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are “workers”

Uber has been told it must classify its drivers as workers rather than self-employed, completely changing the ride-hailing app’s business model. The Supreme Court decision means tens of thousands of Uber drivers are set to be entitled to minimum wage and holiday pay. The BBC reports that the ruling could leave Uber facing a hefty […]

Uber may sell its driverless division

Uber is in talks to offload Uber Advanced Technologies Group, the division of its business working on autonomous vehicle technology. Techcrunch reports that ATG, which a year ago was valued at $7.25 billion (£5.5 billion), could be bought by Aurora Innovation, which it says entered purchase talks last month. The report points out that Uber […]

Uber and Lyft win Californian gig economy vote

The ridehailing companies Uber and Lyft have seen their decision to go for a vote in California vindicated, as people in the state supported their call to keep drivers exempt from being classified as company employees. AP reports that around 58% of voters supported Proposition 22, which, had it been lost, would have meant drivers […]

Uber keeps London licence

Uber’s won its court case against Transport for London over its right to operate in the Capital. They overturned the decision by TfL that they were not fit and proper because of safety concerns. Deputy senior district judge Tan Ikram said that “despite its previous failings”, the firm was now “fit and proper” to hold […]

Uber “safety driver” charged over fatal driverless crash

The back-up safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber  test vehicle that ran down and killed a woman in Arizona two years ago has been charged with negligent homicide. Reuters reports that Rafael Vasquez pleaded not guilty over the death of Elaine Herzberg. She has been released pending trial set for February 2021. […]

Ride hailing companies delay California close-down

Uber and Lyft have decided not to close down their operations in their home state of California over a row to do with driver status. They had threatened to do so if their drivers were ruled to be employees rather than contractors, which would have significantly affected their business model. CNN reports that a court […]

Uber and Lyft consider pulling out of California

The American ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft are reported to be considering ceasing operations in their home state of California over a legal row concerning the status of their employees. Reuters reports that a judge in the state has refused to give them more time to appeal against a decision to designate drivers as state […]

Uber boss “optimistic” about London licence

The head of Uber in the UK says he’s “optimistic” that the firm will win back its licence in London when the case comes to court in September. Jamie Heywood, Uber’s general manager for the UK, Northern and Eastern Europe told the financial paper City AM, “I am optimistic. I think we need to continue to […]

Uber using AI to predict traffic

Uber’s come up with an Artificial Intelligence solution to predict traffic movement with, it says, a high degree of accuracy. It’s published a paper saying it’s come up with a new way of simplifying the modelling used to predict how vehicles move around by constantly re-evaluating to produce more realistic trajectories each time. This is […]

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