Uber may start a self-driving service in Dallas
San Francisco, California, USA - May 16, 2017: An Uber self-driving Volvo XC90 SUV on 7th street and Market part of Uber's testing program within San Francisco that resumed in March.Uber will expand data collection for potential autonomous vehicles in Dallas, beginning in November, the ride-hailing service said Tuesday.
Mapping is an expensive, time-consuming and labor-intensive process requiring frequent trips in the specially-equipped vehicles, as well as humans who annotate features such as lane markers, crosswalks and stop signs. Uber began collecting data for potentially autonomous vehicles in 2016 when it acquired the mapping operations supporting Microsoft’s Bing Maps. The acquisition included software, cameras and an image collection team of about 100 employees.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Uber Freight is making trucking more efficient and could help Uber turn a profitThe trucking industry is worth hundreds of billions of dollars per year. Uber is going after this market with Uber Freight, an online platform that matches truckers with shippers looking to move cargo from one place to another.
Read more »
Uber to limit drivers' app access to comply with NYC regulationUber on Tuesday will begin limiting drivers' access to its app in New York ...
Read more »
Former Uber executive Meghan Joyce tapped by Oscar Health for COOJoyce ran Uber's operations along the East coast and Canada where she helped build out a team of 700 employees over the last six years.
Read more »
Uber, Lyft Driver Protest Brings Manhattan Traffic to Nearly Dead Stop at Rush HourThe procession crawled over the Brooklyn Bridge and up the FDR Drive.
Read more »
The biggest backers of SoftBank's $100 billion Vision Fund are reportedly reconsidering their investments in the second one after Uber and WeWork disappointedSaudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment poured $60 billion combined into SoftBank's first Vision Fund.
Read more »