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The UK Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, orders Uber to classify its drivers as employees, entitling them to minimum wage and paid leave.
2021-02-19

Claims emerge that Uber had disabled Volvo's collision avoidance technology in the self-driving car involved in a fatal accident in Arizona.
2018-03-28

U.S. graphics processing unit producer Nvidia suspends all its tests of self-driving cars.
2018-03-27

The governor of Arizona suspends all statewide-testing of Uber autonomous cars following the March 19 fatal accident involving Uber self-driving car research.
2018-03-26

Police release onboard video from an autonomous Uber car that fatally struck a pedestrian crossing the road in Tempe, Arizona.
2018-03-21

Toyota pulls all its self-driving cars off U.S. roads in the wake of a fatal accident involving an Uber vehicle.
2018-03-20

A woman in Tempe, Arizona, dies after being hit by a self-driving car operated by Uber, in what appears to be the first death of a pedestrian struck by an autonomous vehicle on public roads. In response to the fatal accident, Uber suspends self-driving car tests in all U.S. cities as well as Toronto.
2018-03-19

Uber founder and CEO Travis Kalanick resigns amid pressure from investors due to allegations of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and corporate misconduct in the company.
2017-06-20

In the United States, the California Labor Commission ruled that a San Francisco Uber driver is a company employee, not a contractor. Uber appealed this ruling, that would increase the company's costs and liabilities, to the state's court system. A hearing for a class certification of a similar lawsuit against Uber is scheduled for August 2015.
2015-06-17

The Philippines establishes regulations for transportation network companies, such as Uber, making it the first country to do so.
2015-05-12