Autonomous driving technology specialist Nuro, Inc. has closed a Series E funding round totaling $203 million. Through its latest successful funding round, the company is now valued at $6 billion, and fresh investor NVIDIA joins existing tech companies like Uber.
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Lucid Gravity Robotaxis? Yes, please! Uber Technologies, Lucid Group, and Nuro, Inc. announced an exciting new partnership this morning. The three will combine technologies to deliver the public a premium global robotaxi option on Uberβs platform. We should see the Lucid robotaxis roll out in their first major city next year.
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Shortly after announcing a strategic partnership with May Mobility to offer robotaxi rides to customers in the US, Uber has secured a second driverless tech company amid plans to scale the technology to new regions. Following a new partnership with Momenta, Uber will also expand robotaxi rides to Europe.
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Uber announced that it will offer self-driving rides powered by May Mobility on its app in Texas later this year.
The ride-hailing platform will have both Waymo and May Mobility on its platform in Texas, while Tesla plans to compete with them all in Austin soon.
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VWβs US self-driving arm, Volkswagen ADMT (Autonomous Driving Mobility & Transport), is partnering with Uber to roll out thousands of autonomous ID. Buzz vans across the US over the next decade.
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Starting today, the fully autonomous Waymo One ride service is available exclusively to customers in Austin, Texas through the Uber app. Todayβs news builds upon Waymoβs existing partnership with Uber and is a milestone in the robotaxi startupβs expansion to new cities around the US.
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After getting a hefty $5.6 billion in fresh capital last week, Alphabetβs autonomous driving unit Waymo is now reported to be valued at more than $45 billion.
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To promote emissions-free rides in the UK, Uber has teamed up with Lotus to deploy a fleet of the latterβs Eletre Hyper EVs around London. Now through the end of November, London commuters can book a ride in an Eletre by selecting Uber Green in their app. Better yet, the rider who saves the most emissions will win free Uber Green rides for the next ten years.
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Uber reports that half its riders in areas where it offers autonomous rides say βno, thank youβ to the offer.
It highlights trust issues with self-driving technologies.
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Tesla and Uber have launched an in-car integration of ridesharing navigation directly into its Tesla vehicles for Uber drivers.
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Uber has snapped up Teslaβs former head of charging, Rebecca Tinucci, who was fired by Elon Musk, along with her entire team, a few months ago.
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On todayβs episode of Quick Charge, Teslaβs weird new cooler faces off against Rivianβs clever new camp kitchen, Uberβs CEO thinks Elon is underestimating the problem, and NIO shows off its new rival to the best-selling Tesla Model Y.
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Uber Eats customers in Los Angeles may have their next Shake Shack order delivered to them via an autonomous robot. Autonomous sidewalk delivery company Serve Robotics has announced a new partnership with the fast-food chain and will deploy the robots around LA to hand off orders for Uber Eats.
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Chinaβs BYD found a new partner to cut EV costs and fuel adoption. As part of a massive new multi-year alliance, BYD is set to launch 100,000 EVs on Uberβs platform globally.
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Starting today, if you order from Uber Eats in Phoenix, Arizona, your order might get assigned to a driverless Waymo vehicle.
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Uber Technologies and charging provider Revel have announced a new strategic partnership in which the rideshare network will financially support the latter in expanding its charging infrastructure in exchange for exclusive charging discounts for its drivers. The perks will start in New York City with plans to expand Revel chargers and discounts to other major cities across the US.
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Kiaβs new modular electric vehicle concept β that goes from micro-car to minivan to small truck to full-sized van β introduced at CES has its first customer: Uber. Kia and Uber have signed a memorandum of understanding to use Kiaβs new vehicles for ride-hailing.
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Uber Freight and Greenlane are joining forces to smartly deploy heavy-duty charging stations to power Americaβs growing electric truck fleet.
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Tesla is partnering with Uber to offer its electric cars directly to drivers with discounts of up to $3,000.
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Uber has partnered with mobility platform developer Smartcar to develop Battery-Aware Matching, which filters an EV driverβs trip requests based on state of charge.
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Waymo and Uber have rolled out a partnership in Phoenix wherein riders who order an Uber within Waymoβs service area might get picked up by a driverless Waymo vehicle, rather than a human-driven Uber car, starting today.
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Uber announced that it is buying 100 Tesla Model Y electric vehicles to deploy in Tokyo as part of a new program.
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Ford is partnering with Uber to offer flexible, no-commitment Mustang Mach-E leases for rideshare drivers. The first-of-its-kind agreement is designed to promote EVs while cutting emissions in cities.
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Rideshare juggernaut Uber has signed a multi-year strategic partnership with robotaxi developer Waymo, offering driverless rides and deliveries to customers across the formerβs platform. The new partnership could bring massive scale to Waymoβs driverless tech, while offering an enormous pool of potential customers.
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