The latest variation of an Uber ride will require a short walk.In eight U.S. cities, the ride-hailing company is rolling out a service called Express Pool, which links riders in the same area who want to travel to similar destinations...

Uber is paying $245 million to Google's self-driving car spinoff to end a legal brawl that aired out allegations of a sinister scheme that tore apart the once-friendly companies.The surprise settlement announced Friday came as lawyers for Uber and Waymo,...

Uber is teaming up with Toyota to build self-driving cars for its ride-hailing service after its efforts to do it alone were derailed by a fatal collision and allegations of high-tech theft.Toyota, based in Japan, is also investing $500 million...

The Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank will spend $2.25 billion for a nearly a 20 percent stake in General Motors' autonomous vehicle unit.GM said Thursday that it will also sink another $1.1 billion into its GM Cruise automated division. The capita...

Japan's No. 1 automaker Toyota Motor and technology giant SoftBank Group are setting up a joint venture to create mobility services in what they called a "united Japan" effort to face global competition. The 2 billion yen ($20 million) venture,...