Uber's CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, expressed a desire to collaborate with Tesla on robotaxis, despite Tesla's current preference to operate independently. Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative in Miami, Khosrowshahi acknowledged Tesla's intention to build its own ride-hailing platform while highlighting Uber's ongoing partnership with Waymo in Austin. As Uber prepares to introduce Waymo robotaxis via its app, analysts suggest that Tesla could benefit from collaborating with Uber or Lyft to effectively scale its autonomous vehicle operations, given the fluctuating demand in the AV market.
At this point, they want to build it alone," Khosrowshahi said in an interview with Bloomberg at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Miami on Friday. "Life is long, but we would love to partner with them.
It makes a lot of economic sense for Tesla drivers to use Uber as a platform," he said. "What we bring is demand to the AV ecosystem when demand often is quite variable.
No one wants to compete against Tesla or Elon, if you can help it."
Khosrowshahi added that Uber and Alphabet-owned Waymo, who partner in Austin, will compete with Tesla in the autonomous vehicles market when they launch in the city.
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