​Uber launches robotaxi support project to aid AV partners 

​Uber launches robotaxi support project to aid AV partners 

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Uber is moving aggressively into robotaxis, striking deals with new partners and promising big investments to support future fleets – basically everything it can do except design and build the vehicles itself. (It tried that once, unsuccessfully.) Now, the ridehail giant is launching a new initiative to support its third-party robotaxi partners called Uber Autonomous Solutions.

Basically, Uber is taking many of the things it does for its drivers and couriers – vehicle financing, fleet management tools, regulatory assistance – and making them available for its third-party AV partners, companies like Wayve, WeRide, Nuro, Waabi, and others. I …

Read the full story at The Verge.

 

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