Uber’s latest robotaxi partner is China’s Baidu

Uber signed another deal with a robotaxi supplier and this time it is with the Chinese Tech Giant Baidu.

Two organizations Declaration On Tuesday, they have agreed with the many years of strategic partnerships for deploying thousands of Vaidur Apollo Go autonomous vehicles (AVS) in multiple markets outside the United States and the mainland. These deployments will begin in Asia and the Middle East later this year, companies said.

Uber is in the tears of AV partnership lately because it embraces the rise of Robotaxis and shows him to protect its ride-helling business.

In the last few months alone, Uber agreed to keep Aves from AVS Wemo, Volkswagen, May cause mobilityAnd From the pony On its platform in different cities around the world. In some cases, Uber is taking direct partnerships to these companies. In May, Uber declares the extended partnership with China Includes investing in a 100 million dollarThe Uber is also reported to be considering assisting his founder Travis Kalaman A techover finance of Pony AIThe

The faster these partners are coming, the faster they are still in the very early stages. For example, riders will not be able to request Bidu Ave in the Uber app initially. Instead, companies have said that the rider is fully driverless Apollo Go Ave to fill their trip “option”. It is similar to how Uber’s partnership already works.