Uber and Avride Announce Autonomous Delivery and Mobility Partnership
October 03 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and Avride today announced
a multiyear strategic partnership to bring Avride’s delivery robots
and autonomous vehicles to Uber and Uber Eats.
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The delivery partnership will launch first with sidewalk robots
on Uber Eats in Austin in the coming weeks, before expanding to
Dallas and Jersey City, New Jersey, later this year. The mobility
partnership is expected to launch for riders in Dallas later next
year.
After launch, when a consumer requests a qualifying delivery or
ride on the Uber Eats or Uber apps, they may be presented with the
option to have that trip fulfilled by an Avride delivery robot or
autonomous vehicle.
Avride has a unique advantage from developing and operating both
autonomous cars and delivery robots that leverage mutually
enhancing technologies. The company’s delivery robots are already
making commercial deliveries in the U.S. and South Korea, while its
autonomous cars are currently being tested on public roads.
Dmitry Polishchuk, CEO of Avride said: “We are excited to
partner with Uber as we scale our operations and work together to
further improve the delivery experience for both consumers and
merchants. We plan to expand the total fleet of Avride robots
operating within Uber Eats to hundreds in 2025, followed by the
launch of our robotaxi service.”
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber said: “Autonomous mobility and
delivery hold a ton of promise for consumers and communities. We’re
excited to partner with Avride to bring their technology to more
people in more places, as they continue to scale.”
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.
About Avride
Avride is a U.S.-based autonomous vehicle startup headquartered
in Austin, TX, with additional R&D hubs around the world. We
develop and operate both autonomous cars and delivery robots that
utilize shared technologies. Since 2017 we’ve been building our
expertise in autonomous technologies to create solutions that
address current needs and anticipate future demands.
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