Uber, WhatsApp announce partnership to launch ride-booking via WhatsApp in India

The first roll out on a pilot basis will take place in the northern city of Lucknow first, and will be expanded to other Indian cities soon

Uber launches 24x7 auto rentals service in six cities

Uber launched a comprehensive set of safety measures, such as the Go Online Checklist, a mandatory mask policy for both riders and drivers

Prices start at Rs 169 for a one-hour/10 km package. You can pick from multiple hourly packages but be prepared to pay hard cash.

A judge had originally given Uber and Lyft until Friday to comply with a labour law on the matter, which went into effect this year.

Robotaxis are considered ideal for accumulating the driving time and huge data cache needed for cars to “learn” and become safe enough.

The purchase of Postmates, whose business delivering food, groceries and other goods doubled amid lockdown, was made for $2.65 billion.

In May, Uber had said it is laying off about 600 employees as business has taken a major hit amid COVID-19 pandemic

Amazon and Zoox will compete with self-driving taxi offerings from Waymo, Cruise, Uber and Mobileye.

Trip requests are now down about 70% from a year earlier, slightly lesser than April’s 80% drop

With its own team in the race, Amazon could be aiming at using self-driving technology in trucks moving goods for the ecommerce colossus