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Just as quickly as ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft overtook the traditional taxi business, the swift rise of Waymo threatens “the lives and livelihoods of workers across San Francisco ...
Ride-hailing stalwart Uber is in focus this week, as robotaxi challenges from Waymo and others may cut into its future prospects. But Uber has its own autonomous vehicle (AV) ambitions, making the ...
On Thursday morning, a ride from downtown Phoenix to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on the Uber app cost about $19. The same ride on the Waymo One app cost about $16. However, users do ...
It may also slow Waymo encroachment into Uber’s market share. An analysis from Bernstein estimated that, as of May 2024, Waymo’s 50,000 weekly paid rides made up approximately 2% of ride ...
From a consumer perspective, my Waymo experience was about on par with taking an Uber. Waymo was generally cheaper, and equally reliable. It sometimes took what seemed like slower, back-street routes.
An ensuing settlement gave Waymo 0.34% of Uber stock, [164] the equivalent of $245 million. Uber agreed not to infringe Waymo's intellectual property. [170] Part of the agreement included a guarantee that "Waymo confidential information is not being incorporated in Uber Advanced Technologies Group hardware and software."
Now, anyone with the Waymo One smartphone app will be able to request a ride around an 80-square-mile (129-square-kilometer) territory spanning the second largest U.S. city.
The next time you step into an Uber, you might be the only person in the car. Well, maybe not next time, but on Friday, Uber and Waymo announced self-driving ride-hailing services are months away ...