Uber partners with Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler on self-driving cars
Uber Technologies Inc. announced a partnership with German automaker Daimler Tuesday in which Daimler will manufacture self-driving cars for the company. Daimler, which car brands include Mercedes-Benz, will operate the self-driving cars under Uber's network. In a blog post, Travis Kalanick, chief executive of Uber, confirmed that the company will be not building its own self-driving cars and instead will partner with automakers. "Auto manufacturers like Daimler are crucial to our strategy because Uber has no experience making cars-and in fact, making cars is really hard," Kalanick wrote. Uber recently launched a self-driving car pilot in Pittsburgh, using Ford and Volvo vehicles, and a halted pilot in San Francisco, using Volvos.
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