TechCrunch Mobility: Two roads diverged — for robotaxis

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here’s every company it’s using to do it

Uber has partnered with — and in some cases made direct investments in — about 30 autonomous vehicle companies over the past two years. Here’s the list and the latest on the partnerships.

Baidu’s Apollo Go begins London robotaxi testing with Uber and Lyft
Baidu’s Apollo Go begins London robotaxi testing with Uber and Lyft

Baidu’s Apollo Go started robotaxi road testing in London today, and it’s doing it with both of ride-hailing’s biggest names at once — Uber and Freenow by Lyft.
The launch lands days after Apollo Go ran the first fully driverless trial in any right-han…

TechCrunch Mobility: Uber bets on its former CEO

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Waymo reportedly mulling a breakup with Uber

The contract between the two companies ends in May 2028, Uber told TechCrunch.

Uber’s $14.8B Delivery Hero deal would nearly double its global footprint

Uber has agreed to acquire Delivery Hero in a $14.8 billion all-stock deal that would nearly double the company’s global footprint and create one of the world’s largest food-delivery platforms outside China.

Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be “everything for everyone”

Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company’s financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and dri…

Uber’s robotaxi lobbying effort puts it on a collision course with Waymo

Washington, D.C. has become a battleground for Uber and Waymo’s competing views.

TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

Uber’s European expansion plans may have hit a speed bump

Back in February, Uber announced ambitious plans to launch in seven new European markets in 2026 — but now five of those launches are reportedly on hold.