Uber and Alphabet's Waymo are launching autonomous rides in Texas on Tuesday, marking a major milestone in the rapidly advancing self-driving industry.
Riders in Austin can be paired with a Waymo fully autonomous all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicle, which will allow them to travel across 37 miles in the area. But the companies are already planning on expanding the service to Atlanta. The company didn't specify when it would launch the service in Georgia, but said its employees are already taking fully autonomous trips in the city, which it says is a "key step as we prepare to offer Waymo rides to the public there."
The companies joined forces in 2022 to bring autonomous rides to the public.
A growing list of companies are racing to make autonomous driving a reality by investing heavily in developing their own self-driving technology. But as companies heavily invested in their own operations, Uber dumped its program for an entirely new strategy.
UBER PARTNERS WITH WAYMO TO PROVIDE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING TECH TO RIDESHARE USERS IN ARIZONA
In 2020, it sold its autonomous vehicle research division, Uber Advanced Technologies Group, to self-driving car startup Aurora and created partnerships with more than a dozen autonomous vehicle partners, including Volvo, Waymo, Cartken and Nuro, to bring the technology to market and co-brand their efforts. Uber also has autonomous delivery programs available in 11 cities with six partners.
"As the largest on-demand mobility and delivery platform in the world, alongside our deep expertise in marketplace management, fleet utilization, and local operations – we’re uniquely positioned to help AV hardware and software developers deploy and scale their technology globally," Uber's website said.
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