And if ownership didn't suit their lifestyle, fine; the company was eager to expand into ride - sharing and
autonomous fleet services.
Not exact matches
Each is preparing to roll out
fleet - based
autonomous ride - hailing
services in the coming years — but each is taking a completely different approach to the actual vehicle part of the equation.
While the company's primary mission is to deploy a self - driving taxi
fleet service, it also works with major automakers and suppliers to help these companies develop and build
autonomous features for their cars.
Uber and Kalanick's next - step plans are shocking to contemplate: conquering the world's biggest and toughest - to - crack markets in India and China; transforming Uber from «everyone's private driver» into a carpooling
service; and then further reinventing itself — and how the world's cities operate — by introducing a
fleet of
autonomous vehicles.
And Uber also operates an
autonomous test
fleet in Pittsburgh, where it lured top computer - vision and robotics researchers from Carnegie Mellon to help it transform car
services from flex work to automation.
JLR's InMotion ventures will get an opportunity for developing and testing its mobility
services, including
autonomous vehicles and the company plans to provide drivers with a
fleet of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles.
And with
autonomous fleet management capabilities, it means that they can help you build your company from the ground up, scale to multiple
services, and help you prepare for the
autonomous future.
Ridecell provides an intelligent software platform that helps companies runs new mobility
services such as carsharing, ridesharing, and
autonomous fleet management.
But John Zimmer, president of the ride - hail
service Lyft, argued in a recent essay that «the transition to an
autonomous future will not occur primarily through individually owned cars» but through a networked
fleet of shared vehicles.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk envisions a future where Tesla owners will be able to add their car to a «Tesla shared
fleet» — likely an on - demand ride - hailing
service that will allow the vehicle to give
autonomous rides to the general public while the owner is at work or on vacation.
Or if
autonomous cars float your boat, you'll want to hear Stan Boland, CEO of FiveAI, discuss his company's AI - based driving platform and its plans to go head - to - head against transportation
services with a
fleet of self - driving taxis.