Uber Knowingly Leased Unsafe Cars To Its Drivers In Singapore, Report Says
The company kept buying cars it knew had defective components from "gray-market" dealers, The Wall Street Journal reports. Then a Honda Vezel burst into flames, with an Uber driver at the wheel.
by Laurel Wamsley
Aug 04, 2017
2 minutes
Uber knowingly leased unsafe cars to its drivers in Singapore, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
One of those cars, a recalled Honda Vezel with an Uber driver at the wheel, spouted flames from its dashboard in January, melting the car's interior and cracking its windshield. The driver had just dropped off a passenger when he began smelling the smoke.
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