Uber is deploying its own self-driving cars again, just not as robotaxis
Uber is putting its own autonomous vehicles back on the road as part of its new AV Lab project to collect data for its dozens of robotaxi partners. The cars will be fitted with all the sensors typical of self-driving cars, like cameras, lidar, and radar. But notably the vehicles will not be operating as robotaxis, just gathering data for Uber’s dozens of robotaxi partners.
That’s important distinction, especially if you know anything about Uber’s fraught history with self-driving cars. Uber sold off its AV division in 2020 after one of its self-driving cars killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona. Since then, the company has formed partnerships with dozens of AV startups, preferring instead to be the go-to platform for the technology rather than a developer.
But those startups are hungry for data, so Uber is hitting the road. The company is deploying a fleet of vehicles with all the...
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