Sentences with phrase «driverless ride service»

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In addition to driverless cars, increased usage of ride - sharing and ride - hailing services are projected to generate $ 1 trillion in revenue for suppliers globally by 2040, latest industry figures indicate, according to SCMP.

That idea might have been considered «science fiction» as recently as a decade ago, Felten said, but now Waymo is testing its driverless ride - hailing service on public roads in Arizona.

Waymo is going to let people, not just Google employees, ride in these self - driving minivans, Krafcik said, adding that the company is also going to launch a driverless ride - hailing service.

Other technology firms that made it to the list are Nvidia at no. 28, which produces chips for futuristic technologies such as deep learning and driverless cars, Facebook at no. 29 for investing in Messenger and for hosting news articles on its platform, Japanese messaging app maker Line at no. 37, Coinbase at no. 40 for enabling Bitcoin payments in PayPal and Expedia, IBM at no. 46 for its work with Watson, Snapchat at no. 47 for its innovative new format, and Uber at no. 50 for its ride - sharing services and driver deliveries.

Ride - sharing services such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., and the advent of electric vehicles and driverless cars, are poised to chip away at the higher prices that real estate around subways and bus stops has earned, according to a report from MetLife Inc.'s asset - management business released Tuesday.

The company is testing its cars in a delivery service, mapping out the streets for a driverless ride - hail service and setting up a fleet - management center.

Driverless robot - taxis could make ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft cheaper, potentially luring more people out of the car - buying market.

In the Uber crash last month, the ride - services company was testing a fully driverless system intended for commercial use when the prototype vehicle struck and killed a woman walking across an Arizona road.

Expanded delivery of vehicles signifies commitment to support the launch of the world's first driverless ride - hailing service

FCA US LLC announced an agreement to supply «thousands» of Chrysler Pacifica plug - in Hybrid minivans (earlier post) to Waymo to support the launch of its driverless ride - hailing service.

Last month, Arizona officials OK'd a plan by Google's self - driving car unit Waymo to operate the first driverless ride - hailing service in the U.S.. Now, the company's showing off what the passenger experience will be like when that service launches later this year.

The goal of offering driverless ride - hailing services to the general public by the end of the year was quickly falling apart, and Uber's self - driving cars had a record of failing to operate correctly under a number of standard road conditions, according to internal company notes obtained by The New York Times.