Transportation

A self-driving Uber car has killed a pedestrian in Arizona

The car was operating in autonomous mode when it crashed into a woman.

By Johana Bhuiyan March 19

Ride-hail apps like Uber and Lyft generated 65 percent more rides than taxis did in New York in 2017

Ride-hail drivers now pick up more passengers in a month than taxi drivers ever have in a month.

By Johana Bhuiyan March 15

Lyft says it passed $1 billion in revenue last year — and is growing faster than Uber

Uber is still much bigger — but Lyft is still alive.

By Dan Frommer March 12

Alphabet’s Waymo is entering the self-driving trucks race with its first test in Atlanta

Waymo is shipping cargo for Google.

By Johana Bhuiyan March 9

Bird, the dockless scooter-sharing startup, is looking for $100 million just a month after raising money

The company said it raised $15 million last month.

By Theodore Schleifer and Johana Bhuiyan March 9

Uber’s self-driving trucks have been hired to deliver freight in Arizona

The company provided little detail on the scale of the operation.

By Johana Bhuiyan March 6

Pennsylvania is suing Uber for up to $13.5 million in penalties for failing to disclose its data breach quickly enough

State Attorney General Josh Shapiro said the company violated Pennsylvania’s Breach of Personal Information Notification Act.

By Johana Bhuiyan March 5

Uber called an MIT study concluding drivers make less than $4 an hour ‘flawed’

"MIT = Mathematically Incompetent Theories (at least as it pertains to ride-sharing)," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tweeted.

By Johana Bhuiyan March 3

This is what it’s like to ride in a Waymo driverless van

The company put out a new video that shows consumers what its self-driving cars see.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 28

Ford is setting up for an autonomous ride-hail and delivery business in Miami

The company is testing its cars in a delivery service, mapping out the streets for a driverless ride-hail service and setting up a fleet-management center.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 27

Driverless cars can operate in California as early as April

The California DMV passed regulations that allow for the public testing and deployment of autonomous cars without drivers.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 26

Uber’s new ‘Express Pool’ is all about getting more riders to share rides

The new UberPool option requires riders to walk a little before and/or after their ride.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 21

Uber needed to settle Alphabet’s lawsuit

Putting this messy legal battle to rest was in the best interest of the company as it tries to go public.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 9

Uber and Alphabet have settled their self-driving lawsuit with a $245 million equity payout

Uber agreed to pay Alphabet 0.34 percent of a late stock offering that values Uber at a new high: $72 billion.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 9

Bill Gurley contradicted Travis Kalanick’s testimony at the Uber-Waymo trial

The former Uber board member was called as a witness in the trial for Alphabet’s trade secret complaint against Uber.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 8

Lyft considered buying the startup at the center of Alphabet’s suit against Uber

Otto co-founder Lior Ron said selling to Uber was not guaranteed.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 7

Travis Kalanick says Larry Page was upset Uber was poaching self-driving talent

Kalanick and Page: It’s complicated.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 7

In Travis Kalanick’s first public appearance since resigning from Uber, his competitive nature was put on trial

Kalanick took the witness stand in Alphabet’s lawsuit against Uber.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 6

Watch SpaceX launch its Falcon Heavy rocket into space

The launch will be a test of the most powerful rocket currently in use.

By Shirin Ghaffary February 6

Uber has been trying desperately to win back drivers, so we asked an Uber driver if it’s working

It’s tough to be an Uber driver lately.

By Meghann Farnsworth February 6

Here’s what we learned from Day 1 of the Uber and Alphabet trial

The trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Alphabet’s self-driving arm Waymo began today.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 5

Drivers don’t trust Uber. This is how it’s trying to win them back.

The $70 billion ride-hail company is changing its ways to please its most important customers: Its drivers.

By Johana Bhuiyan February 5

Indian ride-hail player Ola is taking its fight against Uber global, starting with Australia

Ola, which has often touted its home-field advantage over Uber, expects to expand to a number of other countries, as well.

By Johana Bhuiyan January 29

Uber looked at buying a truck logistics company

Load Delivered and Uber met as recently as this month in Chicago.

By Theodore Schleifer and Johana Bhuiyan January 29

Uber has hired its first chief diversity officer

Bo Young Lee will be filling a role the Holder Report recommended that Uber create.

By Johana Bhuiyan January 23

Travis Kalanick discussed compensating the driver he berated in that viral video

Kalanick met with Uber driver Fawzi Kamel to apologize in the days after the video surfaced.

By Johana Bhuiyan January 16

General Motors is asking the U.S. government to let it test cars without steering wheels in 2019

The automaker is asking the government to make an exemption for 16 of the federal motor-vehicle safety standards.

By Johana Bhuiyan January 12

Ford CEO: Together, let’s take back the streets for living

With the power of AI and the rise of autonomous and connected vehicles, we’re capable of a complete disruption and redesign of the surface transportation system.

By Jim Hackett January 9