Uber Technologies Inc. has entered a landmark agreement with Rivian, pledging up to $1.25 billion to roll out 50,000 fully autonomous R2 robotaxis beginning in 2028 in cities like San Francisco and Miami. This strategic partnership marks a significant shift for Uber, which previously exited the self-driving market. Analysts view this move as a potential game-changer for Uber's business model, despite concerns over execution risks and regulatory hurdles.
“The big news on Wall Street, Uber and Nvidia teaming up on Robo Taxis. The two tech giants say they're going to introduce self-driving taxis with Nvidia software next year.”
“Uber just bet $1.25bn on Rivian's in-house chip. Unlike its other robotaxi deals, this one backs a carmaker that owns the full stack: silicon, software, and manufacturing.”
“Uber plans to invest up to $1.25 billion in Rivian and deploy up to 50,000 R2 robotaxis. This partnership accelerates our path to Level 4 autonomy...”
“We can’t wait to meet you at Booth 221 to share how Uber is pushing the boundaries of cloud-native infrastructure and demonstrate the power of our Michelangelo ML platform.”
“Supporting 30 million+ predictions per second, Michelangelo has become Uber's central spine for AI/ML workloads.”
“Uber to invest up to $1.25 billion in Rivian for robotaxi push”
“If @travisk were running Uber today, it would be a $1TRN company. You would be five years ahead in autonomous driving, and you would dominate food delivery.”
“Uber’s last five press releases are all about self-driving cars, each with different partner. A shame they gave up on their own self-driving unit in 2020.”
“Uber to invest up to $1.25 billion in EV maker Rivian in deal to launch 50,000 robotaxis.”
“Uber is partnering with Rivian to bring automated taxis to Los Angeles and San Francisco.”
“Rivian will provide 50,000 robotaxis to Uber in a deal worth $1.25 billion”
“Choferes de plataforma piden a Uber y Bolt aumentar tarifa debido a la suba en los combustibles. Exigen un 20% más.”
