Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is motivated by the company’s pilot Waymo. He noted that Austin said, “His expectations have exceeded our expectations, noting that the 100 self-driving vehicles worked more than 99% of the city’s human drivers from 99% to 99%. Strong performance, Atlanta has to advance to the next Waymo Rollout.
But Waymo is not the only autonomous partner of Uber. A few hours before the comments were released, Uber Waymoya announced an expanded contract with a global opponent. Weride’s Robotaxis will soon start in 15 new cities outside the United States and China.
Waymo Uber’s Marquee can be a US partner, Rideshare clarifies that the giant will not trust only a self-governed technology provider.
Uber’s Expanding Self-Management Deals
In the United States, Waymo remains a dominant power in robotaxes, especially because the cruise is closed. Waymo’s Autonomous Vehicles are already operating in Austin and are set to start in Atlanta. “The experience of Wayon’s security record and combined with the closet and reliability in the market, these vehicles have been very busy,” said CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
However, Uber-Waymo relations have not been friction. When Waymo declared Miami expansion without Uber in December, Uber’s shares made a shot. In response, in April, the company first announced the new American partnership with Volkswagen, and then in June. (Uber refused to comment on this story.)
Meanwhile, Uber’s international self-driving investment is accelerated. From the speech of Kamershahi, the company announced a partnership with a Chinese Robotaxi company working with Uber in Abu Dhabi. The new agreement covers 15 cities covering investment of $ 100 million in China and China and China, both the United States and China.
The same week, Uber, another Chinese autonomous vehicle company announced an expanded contract with Pony.ai. The agreement expands its cooperation in the Middle East, while the operations in China and the United States are expanding. A few days ago, Uber also declared a new partnership at a time to deploy in Europe.
To date, Uber has linked to 18 self-driving companies. Waymo can still be Uber’s largest US Bet, but a global scale walking giant is a fast hedge of these bets.
Who should lead the Robotaxi Revolution?
Uber had hoped to produce Robotaxis without much and just did not commission them. The company puts more than $ 1 billion in its own unique technology. However, in 2020, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’nin selling the autonomous vehicle rig to Aurora and drew a plugu.
Uber is not alone among American companies that cannot crack the autonomous driver. Lyft also left his own driving ambitions. Cruise, General Motors’s robotaxi section, after one of the vehicles, was effectively closed and drove about 20 feet. Tesla, the full self-driving (FSD) program continues, but the promised Robotaxi promised by Elon’s musk has not yet arrived.
This is not only an American bidder in the Robotaxi race, leads the way as a lead. Meanwhile, Chinese firms like Weride, Pony.ai and Momna are expanding quickly. Uber is preparing to play a major role in this growing global market, which serves the autonomous journey to the faithful user base. Still, Uber does not collect only one horse – it is betting on the whole area.