article: Original by Dongchedi Liu Yiwei
[Original by Dongchedi Industry] Recently, according to foreign media reports, Uber (Uber) signed a ten-year agreement with autonomous vehicle company Motional, which is a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv.
Uber signed a decade-long signing with Motional
Motional is a developer of autonomous driving technology based in Boston and has an office in Santa Monica in California, and the company has been testing its driverless robot taxi built on the Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric car .
It is reported that Uber will first deploy Motional's IONIQ 5 electric vehicles in selected markets, and driverless taxi and delivery services may reach millions of customers. Karl Iagnemma, president and CEO of
Motional, said: The agreement will promote the widespread use of IONIQ 5. Motional now has unparalleled access to millions of passengers and has a roadmap that expands significantly over the next decade.
Uber said it intends to share targeted insights with Motional to effectively position IONIQ 5, thereby maximizing revenue-generating services while reducing customer waiting time and costs.
According to the agreement, Uber and Motional intend to strategically deploy these driverless taxi-hailing and delivery services in cities across the United States, and are expected to start the first batch of itineraries before the end of this year. Motional's IONIQ 5 robot taxi will offer taxi services in UberX and Uber Comfort Electric in cities with conditions.
