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Autonomous Fleet Partnerships

Uber Technologies, Inc · 2026-09-23 · Importance 34 · Surprise 42

Uber plans to deploy up to 500 specially equipped Hyundai Ioniq 5 vehicles to collect real-world driving data. The vehicles will gather data during human-driven trips using numerous sensors. Uber intends to use the data to train autonomous-driving systems for its partners and accelerate development against Waymo and Tesla by leveraging its global ride-hailing network.

Key facts

• Uber's vehicle data-collection initiative aims to help Uber's AV partners accelerate their technology development and compete with leaders like Waymo and Tesla by leveraging Uber's global ride-hailing network for diverse data collection. source
• Uber is actively partnering with multiple autonomous vehicle companies. source