Uber plans to phase out drivers in unmanned vehicles in the future

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick (Tencent Technology with map)

BI Chinese station reported on May 29

Travis Kalanick, co-founder and CEO of Uber, the service provider for private cars, accepted on the recent "Code Conference" by technology media that Re / code co-founder Carla - Interview with Kara Swisher. In an interview, Karanik revealed to reporters that Uber plans to phase out the drivers in unmanned vehicles in the future.

"The Uber calling service is more expensive because you pay for the guy who drives the car, so your car, or even the autopilot, will surely go down if there is no driver in the car. "Karajan said.

In the meantime, Karanik believes that making an autopilot via the Uber platform will ultimately reduce people's daily commute costs and ultimately put a stop to their desire to buy a car. Moreover, Uber's unmanned convoy will be safer and greener than traditional taxis.

To be sure, many of the existing Uber drivers will lose their jobs if Karajan's wishes come true, but Karanicak does not seem concerned.

"We are far from this day, but if I want to explain to some of the drivers, I will say, 'This is how the world develops. If Uber does not keep up with the times, we will be the past.' "Said Karanicik.

Finally, Svirchel also asked Karajan whether Uber is likely to be acquired by Google and become a part of the latter's driverless project. In response, Karanik replied: "It does not make any sense to ask whether I will sell a company or not, just as it is to ask if a loving couple will farewell.

According to another source, Uber launched a new round of financing in the past week and plans to raise a maximum of 500 million U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, a number of investment institutions are involved in this round of financing, which also makes Uber's valuation close to 17 billion U.S. dollars. On the other hand, Uber recently with the U.S. telecom operator AT & T reached a partnership. The agreement stipulates that AT & T will deploy Uber drivers with AT & T custom handsets preloaded with Uber applications starting this summer.

According to outsiders, Uber's move is designed to further defend against threats from homogeneous services such as Lyft, Sidecar and Flywheel by working with AT & T. (Tom compilation)