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Tuesday, 20 March 2018

BBC News

• Thousands of miles of UK roads in poor conditionMotoring firm says bad weather means many local roads now pose a
• Uber halts self-driving car tests after deathA pedestrian was killed after being hit by a self-driving Uber car in Arizona.

Financial Times

• UPS moves to using only electric vehicles in LondonA ‘smart grid’ will allow a large fleet to charge at once
• Fatal Uber collision turns spotlight on Arizona regulatory regimeMore than 600 self-driving vehicles now testing in state after 2015 green light

The Guardian

• Self-driving Uber kills Arizona woman in first fatal crash involving pedestrianTempe police said car was in autonomous mode at the time of the crash and that the vehicle hit a woman who later died at a hospitalAn autonomous Uber car killed a woman in the street in Arizona, police said, in what appears to be the first reported fatal crash involving a self-driving vehicle and a pedestrian in the US.Tempe police said the self-driving car was in autonomous mode at the time of the crash and that the vehicle hit a woman, who was walking outside of the crosswalk and later died at a hospital. There was a vehicle operator inside the car at the time of the crash. Continue reading....

The Scotsman

• Self-driving Uber car kills woman in ArizonaOne of Uber's self-driving vehicles has struck and killed a pedestrian in a suburb of Pheonix, Arizona, police said.

Times Online

• Uber suspends self-driving tests after car kills pedestrian [subscription]A self-driving Uber car has killed a woman in what is believed to be the first fatality involving a pedestrian and an autonomous vehicle.

City AM

• Sadiq Khan says London has hit "milestone" of 100 charging points for electric vehicles across cityLondon's mayor Sadiq Khan has today unveiled 100 rapid charging points for electric vehicles, as the capital moves closer to its target of becoming a zero-emissions city.
• Uber suspends driverless cars after fatal accident in ArizonaBloomberg reported that the company had suspended all driverless vehicles in Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Toronto and the greater Phoenix following the incident and pending an investigation.

The Mirror

• Woman killed by Uber self-driving car as she was crossing street with bike identified Elaine Herzberg, 49, was crossing a four-lane road in Phoenix, Arizona, when she was struck and killed

Birmingham Mail

• Uber suspends self-driving car testing after pedestrian killed The self-driving testing has been taking place in Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto

London Evening Standard

• Self-driving Uber car runs over and kills pedestrianA self-driving Uber car has struck and killed a pedestrian in the first accident of its kind in the US.

Northern Echo

• Region's biggest taxi firm farms out calls to EGYPT because it can't get the staff SOME callers to the North-East’s biggest taxi firm are being diverted 2,500 miles away to Egypt, The Northern Echo can reveal.