Dara Khusroshi, Uber CEO, speaking at the Squawk's CNBC Fund outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 22, 2025.
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Apply horse riding and food delivery Uber The “interest list” opens for users in Austin, Texas, who want to be first in the Waymo Robotaxis line there.
The company said in a statement that users “will be able to travel across 37 square miles from Austin-from Hyde Park, to the city center, to Montobolis”-when the Uber-Waymo service is launched soon.
The so -called “interest menu” allows users to receive Uber updates and enhance their compliance with an independent Waymo vehicle at launch.
Vehicles that will be part of the Austin service are the Jaguar Electric models equipped with a driver without a driver and are called both the brand Waymo and Uber.
Waymo riding in Austin will only be available through the Uber app, unlike San Francisco and Los Angeles, where the cyclists decline through the Waymo One app.
In the face of the investor pressure to intensify its independent cars strategy yet Timing Last year, she promised to start producing Robotaxis, last year, that she started testing a horseback application with some of its employees.
Although Tesla does not make safe vehicles to use without a human driver on the wheel, and ready to guide or brakes at all times, Elon Musk's Automant said in January that it will “start” to launch “driver's ride work” later on this The year “starting in Austin.
According to the Ministry of Transport in Texas, the testing and operation of a commercial robotics service in the state does not require the same types of licenses and permits required by other countries.
“The Texas Law allows the AV test and its operations on Texas roads as long as it meets the same safety and insurance requirements like every other vehicle on the road,” the department spokesman told CNBC via email.
It is expected that the CEO of Uber Dara Khosrowshahi will discuss the impact of automatic driving systems-or self-driving cars-on the total business and strategy of the company in the fourth quarter profit call on Wednesday.
