{"id":175513,"date":"2023-05-23T08:47:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/?p=175513"},"modified":"2023-05-23T08:47:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:47:18","slug":"waymo-and-uber-partner-to-bring-waymos-autonomous-driving-technology-to-the-uber-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/?p=175513","title":{"rendered":"Waymo and Uber Partner to Bring Waymo\u2019s Autonomous Driving Technology to the Uber Platform\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Waymo-Vehicle.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-175514\" src=\"http:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Waymo-Vehicle-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Waymo and Uber are excited to announce a new, multi-year strategic partnership to make the Waymo Driver available to more people via the Uber platform starting in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>Since both companies were founded in 2009, Waymo and Uber have in their own ways each revolutionized access to mobility. Now, we\u2019re partnering to bring together Waymo\u2019s world-leading autonomous driving technology with the massive scale of Uber\u2019s ridesharing and delivery networks.<\/p>\n<p>This integration will launch publicly later this year with a set number of Waymo vehicles across Waymo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/link.edgepilot.com\/s\/8a62bc59\/zYWL6q7bF0CEtopDEEnUbA?u=https:\/\/blog.waymo.com\/2023\/05\/waymo-one-doubles-service-area-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newly expanded<\/a> operating territory in Phoenix, and will include local deliveries and ride-hailing trips. Uber users will be able to experience the safety and delight of the Waymo Driver on both the <a href=\"https:\/\/link.edgepilot.com\/s\/45ef8ed6\/6dDX_EbM2kGA08L5lzZexg?u=https:\/\/www.uber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uber<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/link.edgepilot.com\/s\/3408465d\/-TdLcBewEk6xRpADUe8q3w?u=https:\/\/www.ubereats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uber Eats<\/a> apps. Riders will also still be able to hail a Waymo vehicle directly through the <a href=\"https:\/\/link.edgepilot.com\/s\/121544b4\/YXbQbfWTgEiNEF1mfGbIfw?u=https:\/\/waymo.com\/waymo-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waymo One<\/a> app. At over 180 square miles, Waymo\u2019s Phoenix operations are currently the largest fully autonomous service area in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to offer another way for people to experience the enjoyable and life-saving benefits of full autonomy,\u201d said Tekedra Mawakana, co-CEO of Waymo. \u201cUber has long been a leader in human-operated ridesharing, and the pairing of our pioneering technology and all-electric fleet with their customer network provides Waymo with an opportunity to reach even more people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Uber provides access to a global and reliable marketplace across mobility, delivery, and freight,\u201d said Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber. \u201cFully autonomous driving is quickly becoming part of everyday life, and we&#8217;re excited to bring Waymo&#8217;s incredible technology to the Uber platform.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waymo and Uber are excited to announce a new, multi-year strategic partnership to make the Waymo Driver available to more people via the Uber platform starting in Phoenix. Since both companies were founded in 2009, Waymo and Uber have in their own ways each revolutionized access to mobility. Now, we\u2019re partnering to bring together Waymo\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-175513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-growth-enterprise","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}