12:04 - 23.08.2024

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August 23, Fineko/abc.az. Starting next year, Uber customers in the United States will be able to order a driverless taxi from Cruise directly through the Uber app. This integration will undoubtedly be convenient for passengers, as previously, Cruise clients were forced to use a separate app and, at certain stages, had to wait a long time for their candidacy to be approved for participation in the driverless taxi testing program.

ABC.AZ reports that Uber, which is an information aggregator of taxi services, sold its own driverless car development business in 2020 as it was generating losses and forcing the company to disperse capital on non-core

Cruise's competitor, Waymo, is already using Uber's infrastructure to serve its clients. In June of this year, Uber recorded a six-fold increase in the number of trips made by clients in driverless taxis compared to the same month last year.