Dara Khosrolshahi, Uber CEO, speaking on the CNBC frame of Squawk outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 22, 2025.
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Riding and Food Delivery Application Uber It opens its “list of interests” to users in Austin in Texas, who want to be the first in line for Waymo Robotaxis.
In a statement, the company said that “users” would be able to travel over 37 square kilometers of Austin-Dust Hyde Park, to the city center, to Montopolis “-when the Uber Waymo service is starting soon.
The so -called “list of interests” allows users to receive Uber updates and increase their chances of being aligned with a Waymo autonomous vehicle after launch.
The vehicles that will be part of Austin’s services are Jaguar IPACE Electric models equipped with Waym’s drivers without drivers and both Waymo and Uber branding are marked.
Waymo drives to Austin will only be available through the Uber application, unlike San Francisco and Los Angeles, where riders pass them through the Waymo One.
In spite of the investor pressure to enhance his autonomous vehicle’s strategy after Tesla He promised to start producing Robotaxis soon, Uber said last year that he started testing the driving application with some of his employees.
While Tesla does not make vehicles that are safe to use without a human driver on a car, ready to manage or brake at all times, car manufacturer Elon Musk in January said he would “start running” a job without a driver “later this year” Beginning in Austin .
According to the Texas Department of Transport, Testing and Management of Commercial Robotal Robotics in the country, the state does not require the same types of special licenses and licenses required by other countries.
“Texas law allows AV testing and surgery at Texas Roadways as long as they meet the same requirements for safety and insurance as any other road on the road,” said CNBC Department of E-Mail Department.
Uber Director Dara Khosrolshahi is expected to discuss the influence of automated driving systems and self-conquests-the overall business and strategy of the company on the invitation of earnings in the fourth quarter on Wednesday.
