Is Uber looking to Waymo to get it back on the road to self-driving cars?
After one of Uber's self-driving cars was involved in a fatal crash with a pedestrian in Arizona in April, the ride-hailing service temporarily halted its self-driving operations in all cities where it's been testing its vehicles.
Now Khosrowshahi says he's looking to an industry rival to get Uber's program back on the road by this summer.
"When we get back on the road, we have to be absolutely satisfied we're getting back on the road it in the safest manner possible," Khosrowshahi said Wednesday during an on-stage interview at Recode's Code Conference, which is being held this week in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. 'We're having conversations with Waymo about putting their cars on our network. If something happens, great. If not, we can live with that, too."
"I'd welcome Waymo to put cars in our network," he said, calling the company an "incredible technology provider."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 01 2018, @05:23PM (2 children)
So Uber hires away a key person from Waymo and that's not enough to get their program up to speed. Now they want to take advantage of the whole Waymo team...? Sounds like, if you can't beat them, join them.
I'm guessing Waymo isn't going to give them the time of day. But it will be interesting to see if there is any dialog.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday June 01 2018, @05:41PM (1 child)
Yesterday:
Waymo to get more than 60,000 cars from Fiat Chrysler for robotaxis [reuters.com]
Today:
Uber driver fatally shoots passenger on Denver interstate, police say [usatoday.com]
Goog/Waymo can afford not to talk to Uber.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday June 01 2018, @07:41PM
Google/Waymo can prop up and leverage Lyft to kill Uber fairly easily.
Not a tear will be shed.