Uber provides electrical car journey choice and supply by autonomous robots in choose cities

Uber introduced a number of huge plans at its product occasion on Monday, together with autonomous deliveries and the power to specify if you’d like your journey to be an electrical car.

Now, to be clear, these new options is not going to be rolling out to everybody straight away. Uber rolled out its Consolation Electrical program in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Dubai, whereas promising it will add extra cities quickly. The function lets riders select an electrical journey, just like how one can order a bigger car (Uber XL) or a journey along with your pet (Uber Pet).

“It is so simple as faucet a button and request a journey in a premium EV like a Tesla or Polestar,” the corporate wrote in a press launch.

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Autonomous deliveries, in the meantime, would possibly take even longer to roll out for most people. Uber introduced Monday it will introduce two separate autonomous supply companies in L.A. One, utilizing sidewalk robots from Serve Robotics, will make short-range deliveries. The opposite service, utilizing electrical autonomous automobiles made by Motional, will make different deliveries. A minimum of for now, passengers is not going to be shuttled round in autonomous automobiles.

These have been the largest takeaways from the Uber occasion however that wasn’t all the corporate introduced. There’s a full rundown right here, however the firm additionally launched options to reinforce vacationers’ experiences. In the event you join your Gmail account, then the function known as (fittingly) Uber Journey will e book rides for every leg of a visit.

“Simply join your Gmail account and we’ll do the remainder, organizing your resort, flight, and restaurant reservations multi function place for a stress-free journey expertise,” the corporate mentioned in its press launch. It’s best to by no means have to fret about getting from one place to the following.