Uber and Chinese language autonomous automobile know-how firm WeRide plan to increase a industrial robotaxi partnership and convey the service to a different 15 cities over the following 5 years. The enlargement comes 5 months after the 2 firms launched a industrial robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi.
The businesses mentioned the enlargement will embody cities in Europe. Underneath the partnership, WeRide’s robotaxi companies can be found via the Uber app. The connection is much like Uber’s cope with Waymo, by which the ride-hailing firm handles the community routing and fleet operations, whereas the autonomous automobile firm stays chargeable for the AV tech.
Uber and WeRide, which went public on the Nasdaq in late October, function collectively in Abu Dhabi and introduced plans so as to add Dubai. In Abu Dhabi, they work with native Tawasul Transport to deal with fleet operations.
The extra 15 cities will give attention to cities exterior of China and United States.
Uber has locked up greater than 15 partnerships with a wide-range of autonomous automobile know-how firms over the previous two years throughout ride-hailing, supply, and trucking. Prior to now two months, Uber has introduced offers with Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Might Mobility Volkswagen, and Chinese language self-driving agency Momenta.
It’s most high-profile partnership within the U.S. — and one that’s commercially working in the present day — is with Waymo. The businesses supply a Waymo on Uber service in Austin and are about to do the identical in Atlanta.
