Uber has made another deal with a robotax provider, and this time it is with Chinese tech veteran Badu.
Two companies Announced On Tuesday that they have agreed to a multi-year strategic partnership to deploy thousands of Baidu’s Apollo Go Autonomous Vehicles (AVS) on the Uber platform in several markets outside the US and the mainland China. Companies said that they will begin deployment at the end of this year and the Middle East at the end of this year.
Uber has recently been on a tear of the AV partnership as it wants to protect the ride-hairy business by embracing the rise of robotaxis.
In the last few months, Uber has agreed to put AVS Vemo, Voxwagen, Mobility can occurAnd Pony AI On its stage in various cities around the world. In some cases, Uber is directly betting on these companies. In May, Uber announced an extended partnership with China’s Veride An investment of $ 100 million was includedUber is allegedly considering helping his founder Travis Kalanik An acquisition of Finance Pony AI,
The faster this participation is still in the very early stages. In this example, the riders will not initially be able to request Baidu AV in Uber’s app. Instead, companies say that the rider can be “presented with options” to complete their journey completely by driverless Apollo Go Avy. It is the same how some other partnership of Uber already works.
