Uber got into the innovation deal offering customers in select cities an option for self-driving cars. The partnership is with Avride, formerly a self-managed unit of the Russian conglomerate .
The multi-year deal will begin by introducing Avride’s self-driving robots as a delivery option for Uber Eats orders in Austin, Texas. Later this year, the robots are expected to be available for delivery orders in Dallas and Jersey City, New Jersey. Autonomous driving will begin service for Uber ride requests in Dallas in 2025. It will only be an option for “orders” on Uber or Uber Eats, but the company hasn’t said what those qualities are.
Before launching as a new business concern, Yandex signed a similar deal for its self-driving robots in 2021. to college campuses in the United States. That year, its autonomous cars reached a milestone entered under “difficult conditions” and traveled mainly in and around Moscow.
Uber had its own department researching self-driving cars. However, he it was sold unit for Auroraanother autonomous car company, in December 2020.
