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test car for self-driving Uber involved in an accident in Arizona.
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More bad news for Uber a Volvo SUV self-driving tour Hailing giant was involved in an accident in Arizona, apparently leaving the vehicle on its side, and the damage to at least two other cars initiated by man in the surrounding area .
The consequences of the accident is shown in photos and a video posted on Twitter by a FrescoNews a service user for the sale of content to catch new tweets According to the company, the collision happened in Tempe, Arizona, and no injuries have been reported yet.
Uber has also confirmed the accident and veracity of Bloomberg pictures We contacted the company questions and will update this story with Uber Update response has provided the following statement We continue to investigate this incident and can confirm we had no rear passengers of the vehicle.
TechCrunch includes Uber self-driving fleet Arizona was grounded as a result of the incident, while an investigation is now company confirmed the vehicle involved in the incident was self-driving fashion We're told no one was seriously injured.
Reports in local newspapers suggest another car did not yield to Uber SUV, hitting and causing autonomous vehicle rollover on the side Presumably the Uber driver could not take orders in time to avoid the accident.
The third generation of self-driving test cars were redeployed in Arizona to San Francisco in December after Uber refused to comply with California regulators and apply for a permit to test autonomous driving in the state where he said he did not need permission that his whole self test vehicles -Driving have a human driver too.
Arizona State Governor Doug Ducey tweeted at the time the region has hosted this kind of technological innovation Ducey does not seem to have made public statements about Uber accident today.
Since the Uber vehicle overturned on its side, it seems to be a high-speed crash, which suggests a pretty serious incident against the self-driving car accident unit of Google for the most minor detail for more long, Waymo as rear low speed shunts -end of vehicles by human powered cars driving behind them.
Another incident involving a car held last December in California Uber self-driving when one of its vehicles was a red light if Uber blamed this on human error rather than the fault of the self-technology While driving a report from the New York Times, citing two uber sources claimed the opposite.
disclosed internal documents also suggested ISN Uber self-driving technology t constantly improving.
In February the head of the self-training program that Uber is itself sued for allegedly stealing the Waymo technology from Google, where he worked, and use it to set up Otto, starting the truck self-driving that Uber acquired in August last year confirmed Uber has 12 self-driving cars on the road each in Phoenix and Pittsburgh.
Earlier this month a report by the New York Times also said the company used a software tool owner to refuse rides to members of the police code or city officials trying to collect data on Uber offering a service where is currently prohibited the company has since said it considers the use of the tool it claims can be used for many purposes.
The company is also facing a storm of controversy over allegations of systemic sexism poisons its corporate culture with President Jeff Jones leaving in recent days, and reports that Uber has denied data on the diversity of recruiters piling more pressure the founder and CEO Travis Kalanick.
Overview Uber, a San Francisco location san-francisco 528f5e3c90d111115d1c2e4ff979d58e startup based technology, innovating at the intersection of lifestyle and logistics Uber connects riders with safe transportation providers, reliable, to different practices price levels in cities worldwide.
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Overview Otto is a start-up focused on autonomous development of self-driving technology for trucks The company is working on technology that allows drivers to leave their truck steer itself on certain parts of the road Otto also provides solutions that can be mounted on trucks and support drivers for safer travel, take naps, lunch and even while the vehicle is self-management.
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Overview Waymo represents a new way forward for mobility We are a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move Waymo is committed to improving transport people in the world, building on software and sensor technology developed in the laboratories of Google since 2009 in October 2015, they achieved first trip entirely self-driving world.
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