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Drivers for Uber and Lyft have to cover the costs of their vehicle, personal liability insurance, gas and a smartphone. They also pay commissions for using the apps, which can be as high as 25 percent per trip depending on how much they drive. On top of that, Uber charges …

Self-driving cars could be as fundamentally transformative to the American way of life as, well, cars. But they’ve always felt like a pie-in-the-sky technology rather than a product that could be right around the proverbial corner. Today, they took a significant step closer to widespread introduction, courtesy of Uber and …

Google has reportedly shelved its long-standing plan to develop its own autonomous vehicle in favor of pursuing partnerships with existing car makers. The Information reports that Google’s self-driving car unit — known internally as Chauffeur — is working with established automotive names to develop cars that will include some self-driving features, …

Last month we heard that George Hotz had cancelled his Comma One self driving hardware after they were contacted by regulators in the US about the device and the software. Now George Hotz has announced that he is making his self driving software open source and also making the plans …

The Google Self Driving Cars project has been going since 2009, Google started the project in private and then started testing the cars on the public roads and now it looks like the project is being scaled back. According to a recent report, Google has decided to stop developing its …

Google has been an early leader in the self-driving car business, with millions of miles logged in its vehicles and an ambitious plan to create vehicles without steering wheels or pedal controls. Now, the company has announced a new direction: Google is moving its self-driving car unit out of Google …

Toure has scored twice in five appearances for Manchester City this season Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has pleaded guilty to drink-driving, but says he had not “intentionally consumed alcohol”. The Ivory Coast player, 33, told a court he thought he was drinking diet cola from a jug at a …

A Bozeman, Montana startup called Blackmore Sensors and Analytics Inc. has raised $3.5 million to build lidar systems that can help vehicles see more details about what’s in front of them than existing sensors do today. The company spun out of a research and development firm called Bridger Photonics that …

A number of companies have shown off their Self Driving technology and Audi has been using a toy car to train its self driving software. The company has released a video which show a 1/8th scale car which is being used to test out the features of its Self Driving …

Add Volkswagen to the major automakers who are creating a mobility services company. VW’s service is called Moia; it will be headquartered in Berlin, and it will kick off a year from now in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany. The service will eventually provide cars using the Moia brand. Before that, …