Waymo and Uber have announced that they are teaming up together to offer self-driving taxis through the car hailing app.
Uber and Waymo, who have historically been competitors, are putting history aside and looking toward a new future with their latest announcement., Waymo announced that it will be teaming up with ride-sharing company Uber to offer its autonomous vehicles through the app. The companies say that this will be a “multi-year partnership” and that it will first launch in Phoenix, Arizona.
Tekedra Mawakana, co-CEO of Waymo, said in a statement that between both companies’ technology, they’d be able to quicken the pace of fully autonomous driving. Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, said that it’s “excited” to bring fully autonomous driving to its platform.
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