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Apply horse riding and food delivery Uber The “interest list” opens for users in Austin, Texas, who want to be first in the Waymo Robotaxis line there.
The company said in a statement that users “will be able to travel across 37 square miles from Austin-from Hyde Park, to the city center, to Montobolis”-when the Uber-Waymo service is launched soon.
The menu allows users to receive Uber updates and enhance the possibilities of matching with a Waymo autonomous vehicle at launch.
Vehicles that will be part of the Austin service are the Jaguar I-Pace Electric models equipped with a driver without a driver and are called the Waymo and Uber brand.
Waymo riding in Austin will only be available through the Uber app, unlike San Francisco and Los Angeles, where the cyclists decline through the Waymo One app.
Uber faced the investor pressure last year to form its independent cars strategy yet Timing She promised that she would soon start producing robots, and began testing horseback application with some of her employees.
Although Tesla does not make safe vehicles to use without a human driver on the wheel, and ready to guide or brakes at all times, Elon Musk’s Automant said in January that it will “start” to launch “driver’s ride work” later on this The year “starting in Austin.
According to the Ministry of Transport in Texas, the testing and operation of a commercial robotics service in the state does not require the same types of licenses and permits required by other countries.
“The Texas Law allows the AV test and its operations on Texas roads as long as it meets the same safety and insurance requirements like every other vehicle on the road,” the department spokesman told CNBC via email.
Uber registered revenue growth for the fourth quarter of 20 % on Wednesday, and the analysts estimated. But the stocks slipped as the company issued weak reservations for the first quarter.
Correction: The previous version of this story had incorrect details about the Uber’s Ride-Hailing app.
