Uber and Waymo Expand Partnership to Bring Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Austin and Atlanta
September 13 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Today, Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and Waymo LLC
announced an expansion of their existing partnership to make the
Waymo Driver available to more people via Uber.
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Uber and Waymo Expand Partnership to
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Beginning in early 2025, Waymo and Uber will bring autonomous
ride-hailing to Austin and Atlanta, only on the Uber app. In these
cities, Uber will manage and dispatch a fleet of Waymo’s fully
autonomous, all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles that will grow to
hundreds over time. Riders who request an UberX, Uber Green, Uber
Comfort, or Uber Comfort Electric may be matched with a Waymo for
qualifying trips.
“We’re thrilled to build on our successful partnership with
Waymo, which has already powered fully autonomous trips for tens of
thousands of riders in Phoenix,” said Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of
Uber. “Soon, riders in Austin and Atlanta will be able to
experience that same mobility magic, through a new fleet of
dedicated autonomous Waymo vehicles, available only on Uber.”
“Waymo’s mission is to be the world’s most trusted driver, and
we’re excited to launch this expanded network and operations
partnership with Uber in Austin and Atlanta to bring the benefits
of fully autonomous driving to more riders,” said Tekedra Mawakana,
co-CEO, Waymo. “We’ve been delighted at the positive feedback from
our Waymo One riders to date, and we can’t wait to bring the
comfort, convenience, and safety of the Waymo Driver to these
cities in partnership with Uber.”
Through this expanded partnership, Uber will provide fleet
management services including vehicle cleaning, repair, and other
general depot operations. Waymo will continue to be responsible for
the testing and operation of the Waymo Driver, including roadside
assistance and certain rider support functions.
About Waymo
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the
mission to be the world’s most trusted driver. Since our start as
the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on
building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to
improve everyone's access to mobility while saving 40,000 of lives
now lost to traffic crashes in the U.S. annually. The Waymo Driver
powers Waymo One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service providing
over 100K trips each week across San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los
Angeles. In total, Waymo has served over two million rider-only
trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of
millions of miles on public roads across 13+ U.S. states and tens
of billions of miles in simulation.
About Uber
Uber’s mission is to create opportunity through movement. We
started in 2010 to solve a simple problem: how do you get access to
a ride at the touch of a button? More than 52 billion trips later,
we're building products to get people closer to where they want to
be. By changing how people, food, and things move through cities,
Uber is a platform that opens up the world to new
possibilities.
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