Ride-sharing company Uber believes that the prospects for autonomous vehicles are still positive despite a high-profile fatality involving one of its self-driving vehicles in Arizona, United States last month, according to a Reuters report.
There was no confirmation if Uber will resume testing of its autonomous vehicles, or any indication of what the company thinks might have gone wrong, the report said. The company is still cooperating with US federal investigators and is dealing with the incident ‘very seriously’, said Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
Despite having raised concerns about the lack of safety standards for autonomous vehicles, Khosrowshahi said Uber still has faith in the technology in the long-term. “We believe in it. Autonomous vehicles at maturity will be safer,” he said, adding that the company’s interest in bike sharing and public transit should not be interpreted as a move away from self-driving cars.
Uber also considered autonomous vehicles to be “part of the solution,” and in the long-term key to eliminating individual car ownership, the report said.
Arizona governor Doug Ducey last month called the crash “an unquestionable failure,” and a video of the incident “disturbing and alarming,” and suspended Uber’s ability to test autonomous vehicles in the state following the fatal incident. Uber has since reached a settlement with the family of the woman killed in the crash.
Uber had previously constructed a ‘fake city’ to serve as an environment in which to test its autonomous cars; pedestrians and cyclists posed among the greatest challenges for the self-driving machines. The 42-acre facility dubbed Almono includes obstacles such as roadways, complicated intersections, fake cars and unpredictable pedestrians.
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Grabcar business model is still better.
coz they tiru b.model uber..thats why
I still prefer Uber. Grab is still those lazy abang2 teksi drivers now migrated to Uber.
Still rude and lazy
Uber should hv just focused on its business in Asia instead of selling it to grab….
They can’t survive locally alr la, huge loss every year
Losses due to their foolish competitors mindset of giving lots of discounts until bankrupt. As for Grab, drivers don’t really like them when they only know how to take care of passengers and themselves but not the drivers. Who likes being threatened or bullied, especially those who did their utmost best in service.but still can easily get low ratings, and fearing being terminated or no incentives. It’s totally illogical and senseless. Especially allowing passengers to put low Stars without bother to know what’s the reason. Uber did do something about this, that’s why a lot of their drivers in US can stay on for many years. That’s why huge numbers of drivers are trying their luck in other new e-hailing companies.
Uber still belips in Skynet. Exceellenttt!!!
i’ll be back…
meanwhile homo sapien2 still believes in almighty unborn undeath formless creator. Strongly believe in something becomes faith…
Tesla has already admitted a human has to be present to make sure during times of urgency when the robot car needs a human help, the man is to take control. The accident occurred when the man did not even touch the steering wheel for the few seconds. So it’s really a dangerous situation if the robot car ever moves without a driver present. So how can the e-hailing companies try to really have no driver present in the car, just to save costs and make more profit? Are the passengers willing to risk their lives?