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Sony launches a taxi-hailing app to rival Uber in Tokyo — TechCrunch

All together, S.Ride claims to cover 10,000 licensed taxis in Tokyo, writes Jon Russell. Here is the link: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/22/sony-taxi-tokyo-japan/

Uber spent $457 million on self-driving and flying car R&D last year — TechCrunch

Uber spent $457 million last year on research and development of autonomous vehicles, flying cars (known as eVTOLs) and other “technology programs”, writes Kirsten...

Uber is expected to seek $10 billion in IPO — TechCrunch

Uber’s IPO could be one of the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time) in the tech industry since Alibaba’s 2014 IPO, writes Megan Rose Dickey. Here...

Toyota investing $500M in Uber; to launch autonomous-mobility as a service fleet

Toyota is investing $500 million in Uber. The two companies are also expanding their autonomous ride-sharing collaboration.

An interview with self-driving visionary Larry Burns, co-author of ‘Autonomy’– Forbes

Greg Gardner interviews Lawrence Burns, a former vice president of research, development and planning at General Motors, who has been an advisor to Waymo (formerly...