Thanks to the expanded Uber partnership with a leading technical company, passengers can look forward to innovative changes and privileges.
For example, a Uber executive official promised that customers who use the new independent Waymo ride would benefit from eliminating the shift as well as fixed pricing once a ride request.
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Uber, a multinational transport company operating in about 70 countries and 15,000 cities all over the world, provides horseback services, food supply, and shipping services to millions of customers.
The transport giant stands as the largest Rideshare platform in the world and the adventure began in the world of independent vehicles, a blatant change from its traditional human drivers.
Uber has officially held a partnership with Waymo, a self -command technology company, in May 2023.
After the launch of AV Tech in Phoenix, Arizona, less than two years ago, at Uber at the main expansion plans, bringing Waymo cars to new cities such as Austin, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia.
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In addition to being a unique experience for passengers, the driver's technology has some financial advantages for consumers on the traditional Uber ride.
How do independent cars work?
Independent cars use sensors, algorithms, automated learning systems and strong processors.
They can create a map of the surrounding area and maintain it on the basis of many sensors in different parts of the car.
Radar sensors are used to track other auto sites.
Video cameras can discover traffic lights, read road signs, track other cars, and search for pedestrians.
An advanced program processes all this information and establishes a path to take the car, and send instructions to the car operators, which control acceleration, braking, and guidance.
The symbolized rules and identifying organisms help the program to follow traffic rules and avoid obstacles.
Source: Synopsys
For example, the shift is something of the past with new Waymo cars.
Since customers are delivered to their destinations without the need for a human driver, they will not be asked to add advice to the Uber app.
Another ideal aspect of AVS without a driver is that customers will not undergo a price change as soon as they request them.
Nowadays, Uber prices can change after the contestant has already paid and even after the flight is completed due to a variety of factors:
- Unexpected fees
- Road changes or duration
- Waiting times
- Multiple stopping fees
- Pay driver cash
“We promised you the price when you press the button. We will not turn the price on you,” said Sashin Kanal, the chief product official in Uber, exclusively in the United States.
Although customers will not undergo transformation or price changes thanks to the new AV fleet, one of the potential defects is that horseback riding at the present time costs the same traditional Uber ride, although there is no human driver.
However, Uber aims to drop the price of independent horse riding at the end.
“We definitely believe in the long -term that the real opportunity for independent technology is that we will be able to cost and safely very safely,” said Noah Zetsh, head of independent and delivery operations in the United States.
“Today, the ability to bear the costs is still in progress. You don't have a person in the car, but you have an expensive technology that drives the car and does this reliably and safely, and you also have a great deal of support for that car,” he said.
We definitely believe in the long -term that the real opportunity for independent technology is that we will be able to be at very reasonable and very safe prices. “
Noah Zish
Zych explained that a large part of the employment went to maintain Waymo operations, including employees in the vehicle depot of the Independent Tech Tech in addition to the customer service agents available easily.
The next autonomy
Uber launched a driver without a driver riding through its partnership with Waymo in Phoenix, Arizona, in the fall of 2023.
The transportation company expanded its partnership with Waymo earlier this month, bringing the unique AV experience to Uber customers in Austin, Texas, on March 4.
Now, only on the Uber app, the population who requests Uberx, Uber Green, Uber Comfort or Uber Comfort Electric can be matched with one of the completely independent Jaguar I-Pace cars from Waymo.
Waymo ride the same traditional Uber ride with a human driver.
However, hesitants can ride a vehicle without a driver to choose to accept or switch to a non -AV trip on the application before sending the car on its way.
What is one opery?
Uber fans can register in the subscription to reduce the cost of food delivery and car ride operations.
Uber One is a subscription service that provides benefits such as savings on Uber and Uber Eats.
The monthly membership starts from $ 9.99, while the annual membership begins from $ 96 (all in US dollars).
Uber One also has partnerships with third parties that provide discounted membership to some users.
Uber Ones receive a delivery of $ 0 delivery fees in addition to 10 % of qualified orders on restaurants and shops that carry Uber One.
They will also get the pricing of the members to ride qualified horses.
Users can buy their subscription directly in the Uber app.
When Waymo arrives, Uber users have more control than ever when it comes to riding.
They can open AV, open the trunk, and notify Waymo to start the whole trip from the Uber app.
Using a touch screen in Waymo, the Dragon will also be able to control the car temperature, play music, withdraw the car, and reach customer support around the clock throughout the week.
“One of the things we really want to make sure that people have a good experience as a first experience with an independent vehicle.”
“The experience is really designed to help you get comfortable for technology.”
Under the Waymo Partnership, Uber customers in Austin can now travel over 37 square miles from the city, from Hyde Park to the city center to Monteopolis, with more coverage soon.
Atlanta, Georgia, is the next target Uber city, where its partnership is launched in Waymo there “in the coming months.”
Waymo will offer a completely independent riding service in Atlanta exclusively to its workers in the region at the beginning of this year.
This step was an essential step before making it available to the AV service to the public later in 2025 Exclusively In the Uber app.
Uber fans in other cities can look at a possible launch of a driver without driver, as an independent driving technology company sends AVS to 10 new cities this year, starting from Las Vegas and San Diego.
However, vehicles will be manually driven by safety specialists to collect data on how to adapt a self -driving system with different driving conditions, traffic patterns and road designs in various environments.
While Waymo expands its Robotaxi commercial services, the tests do not necessarily mean that the company will launch the service in the ten cities.
With Uber expanding AV services, the transport giant is subjected to severe criticism for “price filtering” that angry customers claim to be “becoming worse and worse.”
Meanwhile, the company has entered into a new deal with Delta, allowing customers to “run horseback to miles” – and the fans call it “a match made in heaven.”
