EVwire brief: Stellantis, Wayve, and Uber have struck a three-way partnership to jointly develop and deploy Level 4, fully driverless robotaxis on a global scale.
The deal pairs Stellantis vehicles built on its L4-Ready Platforms with Wayve's AI driving software and Uber's ride-hailing network. It also stacks on existing ties: Wayve and Uber are already set to put autonomous rides in London, Tokyo, and ten other cities starting this year, while Stellantis and Wayve recently signed an assisted-driving deal.
This collaboration brings us closer to delivering a smarter, safer and more efficient mobility for our customers.
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The division of labor is clean. Stellantis will design, engineer, and manufacture the vehicles on its L4-Ready Platforms, with sensors embedded and the redundancy meant for hard-running driverless duty.
Wayve supplies the AI driver, an end-to-end system it says adapts across regions without mapping or re-engineering each city, which it pitches as the faster, cheaper path to scale. Uber puts the cars on its network and connects them to riders through its app.
Alex Kendall, Wave’s CEO, celebrated the deal on LinkedIn.
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For Uber, the alliance adds one more name to a long roster of autonomy partners, from Waymo to WeRide to Nuro. For Wayve, it lands a marquee vehicle partner to carry its software.
“This is just another strong signal that the industry is converging around Wayve's technology as the way to scale AVs globally,” Kaity Fischer, Wayve’s VP of Commercial & Operations, said.
Source: Wayve
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