Uber, Waymo launches rides without drivers in Austin, Texas

On Tuesday Uber and Alphabet’s Waymo run offline attractions in Texas, which quickly marks the main milestone Promotion of the self -governing industry.

Austin’s riders can be combined with the WayMo fully autonomic jaguar I-PACE car that will allow them to go through 37 miles in the area. But companies are already planning to expand the service in Atlanta. The company did not specify when it launches a service in Georgia, but stated that its staff had already carried out completely autonomous trips to the city, which, he said, is a “key step when we are preparing to offer the public travel to Waymo.”

Companies combined their efforts in 2022 to bring autonomous attractions to the public.

Uber and Waymo bring autonomous attractions to Austin, Texas. (Uber)

The growing list of companies seeks to make autonomous reality management, investing in the development of self -government technology. But, as the companies actively invest in its operations, Uber dropped its program for a brand new strategy.

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In 2020, he sold his autonomous car research department, Uber Advanced Technologies Group, self -drive Auro car and created partnerships with more than a dozen autonomous car partners, including Volvo, Waymo, Cartken and Nuro to bring technology to the market and joint brand. Uber too there is Autonomous delivery programs Available in 11 cities with six partners.

Waymo is a fully autonomous all-leaks car Jaguar I-Pace on California streets. (Justin Sullivan / Getti Image)

“As the largest platform of mobility and delivery on demand in the world, as well as our deep market management examination, use of the fleet and local operations-we are uniquely posted to help the developers of AV equipment and software deploy and deploy and deploy and deploy Scale their technology On a worldwide scale, ”Uber said.

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How does it work:

• At first the riders will have to give up service. The UberX, Uber Green, Uber Comfort or Uber Comfort Electric, can correspond to the offline common Jaguar I-PACE car at no extra expenses. However, they will have the opportunity to either take it or move on an unattached trip.
• Riders can increase their chances of coincidence with an autonomous trip by getting through the “Trip Settings” section in the Uber app.

Uber Kokwater in San Francisco, California. (David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via / Getti Image)

• When the car arrives, the riders will be able to unlock the vehicle, open the trunk and start a trip in its app. They will pay the same tariffs as for Uberx, Uber Green, Uber Comfort or Uber Comfort Electric, and will see prices forward.
• After that, the riders will be able to evaluate their experience, but they will not be proposed.

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• Riders will have access to 24/7 human support offered in the Uber app and inside the Waymo vehicle.
• Fleet vehicles will drive Avomo, which includes car cleaning, maintenance, check, charging and depot operations. However, Waymo will still watch the vehicle testing, the road assistance and some aspects of the riders.