Uber pays $178 million to end legal fight with Australian taxi drivers

SYDNEY — Global rideshare giant Uber will pay 272 million Australian dollars ($178 million) to settle a long-running dispute with Australian taxi and hire car drivers who lost out when the company entered the Australian market. A class action against Uber had been expected to go to trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria on … Read more

CES 2024: The biggest transportation news, from Honda’s EVs to Hyundai’s air taxi ambitions

CES has increasingly become defined by what automakers and other mobility-focused companies bring to Las Vegas, and CES 2024 has been no exception. Though some major CES automotive players from past years like Ford, GM and Toyota didn’t have a big presence, other companies filled the gaps with EV reveals, flying vehicles and a lot … Read more

Hyundai Supernal S-A2 Electric Air Taxi Prepares for 2028 Takeoff

The Hyundai Group, manufacturers of many of our favorite electric cars, has set its sights on becoming a leader in electric aircraft. At CES 2024, Hyundai’s advanced air mobility wing Supernal pulled back the curtain on its new, second-generation S-A2, an electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, air taxi. The Korean company announced that … Read more

India’s bike taxi startup Rapido is getting into the cab business

Rapido, the eight-year-old Indian bike taxi startup, is expanding into the cab market in the South Asian nation, where Uber and its homegrown competitor Ola dominate. The Bengaluru-based startup has begun a pilot of its cab service in the Southern city of Hyderabad, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed. The company plans to expand the service … Read more

Robert De Niro rep sets the record straight on ‘Taxi Driver’ in Uber ad

Robert De Niro rep sets the record straight on ‘Taxi Driver’ in Uber ad Robert De Niro is partnering with Uber for their U.K. ad campaign, but it was not in the notorious Taxi Driver’s Travis Bickle avatar as for what the viral rumour suggests. Releasing the statement to The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar winner’s rep … Read more

Joby Aviation selects Dayton, Ohio for first scaled electrical air taxi manufacturing unit

Joby Aviation has chosen Dayton, Ohio, as the brand new website for its first scaled electrical plane manufacturing unit, with the corporate getting ready to take a position as much as $500 million within the new website because it appears to begin promoting air taxi rides as quickly as 2025. At the moment’s announcement places … Read more