(VOR News) – Uber has not yet completed its aim to acquire relationships with automotive companies that produce autonomous vehicles.
The huge ride-hailing and delivery company made an announcement on Thursday regarding a multi-year arrangement with Avride, which is a spinoff of Yandex.
Both Uber Eats and Uber will be able to participate in the introduction of the company’s autonomous vehicles and sidewalk delivery robots as a result of this partnership.
With this relationship, Uber is making an effort to position itself as the ideal partner for autonomous vehicle (AV) enterprises that are looking to sell their goods.
This partnership is the most recent in a series of arrangements that the company has signed over the course of the past two months.
Yandex NV, a corporation based in the Netherlands that sold off its Russian business earlier this year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, is now known as Nebius Group. Nebius Group is the parent company of four projects, one of which is Avride.
Nebius Group created Uber Avride.
Within the next few weeks, customers of Uber Eats who are located in the central business district of Austin will have the choice to have their food delivered by a robot that is owned and operated by Avride. In the latter part of 2024, the service will also be made available in the cities of Dallas and Jersey City.
By the end of the following year, the two companies had communicated their ambition to include Avride’s autonomous vehicles on the Uber platform in the city of Dallas.
Avride’s headquarters are located in Austin, and the company is already offering commercial delivery services to local eateries in Mueller, which is a planned development that encompasses 700 acres. Some of the restaurants that are receiving these services include Rebel Cheese, Colleen’s Kitchen, and Xian Sushi & Noodles as well as others.
The corporation claims that its fleet of “dozens” of bots is operational every day from eight in the morning until ten at night. This is the time period that the bots are in operation. Additionally, Avride is utilizing its bots in order to carry out commercial deliveries in the South Korean market.
The development of autonomous vehicles by Avride is running a little bit behind schedule than it was originally planned.
The firm claims that it is now conducting tests on public roads in Austin and Seoul with a safety driver seated in the front seat of a fleet of autonomous Hyundai Ioniq 5 vehicles. Austin and Seoul are both located in South Korea.
In recent weeks, Uber has formed partnerships with WeRide.
A Chinese startup company engaged in the development of autonomous vehicles, including their robot axis in the Uber app in Abu Dhabi. Wayve, a firm established in the United Kingdom, and Cruise, a company owned by General Motors, have both reached partnerships with Uber.
Additionally, Uber has reached deals with Wayve. In addition, the company has increased its ongoing cooperation with Waymo, which will make it possible for the robots that belong to the company that is owned by Alphabet to be displayed on the Uber app in Austin and Atlanta beginning in the early year 2025.
Dara Khosrowshahi, the Chief Executive Officer of Uber, indicated that the firm possesses the proper usage, consumer experience, and go-to-market skills to produce the most value for autonomous vehicle (AV) partners during the earnings call that Uber held in August for the second quarter.
This comment was made by Khosrowshahi, and it was followed by the formation of these recent agreements, which are in addition to the previous partnerships with autonomous delivery businesses like Serve Robotics, Cartken, and Nuro, among others.
SOURCE: TC
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