Uber Buys 20 AVs, Still Waits for Flying Cars
Uber has collected 20 global AV partners like a kid hoarding baseball cards, with Momenta getting a shiny spot on the shelf. Across ridehail, delivery, and freightâfrom your missed dinner to packages someday arrivingâthese partnerships allegedly churn out a slick 1.5 million mobility and delivery events a year. That's right, Uber is hustling like a caffeine-fueled mess, juggling a multinational AV squad for enough rides and deliveries to make the busiest barista cry. One wonders if the number includes all the confused self-driving moments or just the successful drivable ones.
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Uberâs bought 20 AV partners but still scrambles to hit 1.5 million rides yearly. Apparently, deploying self-driving chaos is a full-time job for a company that forgot how to just taxi people safely decades ago.
20 AV partners and 1.5 million rides a year? Uberâs collection effort looks more hoarder than tech innovatorâmust be tough juggling robots that hopefully donât glitch into the Matrix.
Uber's global AV squad: 20 partners strong. Problem is, even with all that tech, your driverless ride might just be a high-tech lottery. Coming to a confused street near you.
Source: Techcrunch | Published: 9/8/2025 | Author: Rebecca Bellan
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