Future avtopilotiruemy transport and flying cars, told a conference The Year Ahead of the 2018 Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
«I believe that in the next 18 months we will have Autonomous cars on the road, said Khosrowshahi in a conversation with Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Mickelthwaite. — Not in test mode, but working». Although «until the auto-pilot in each individual case is still far away,» admitted a top Manager of Uber.
After California authorities have banned the experiment in San Francisco, Uber has launched a self-driving taxi in Tampa (AZ).
Volvo XC 90is equipped with the technology of autopilot has been tested by the Governor Doug Dusi. For extra security near the head of the state the car was Anthony Lewandowski, at that time Vice-President of Uber on the latest developments.
In 2016 self-driving cars Ford Fusion owned by Uber, operate on the roads of Pittsburgh (PA). However, in restricted mode: weather, road or other conditions do not allow to use the technology of the autopilot in full force.
«In 5% of cases everything goes as it should, and we send avtopilotiruemy car in the way,» said Khosrowshahi, noting that the choice is up to the client to ride in self-driving taxi or traditional, with the driver behind the wheel.
Under the current small scale of operation, the autopilot system will «learn» a city for 10-15 years.
The project Uber Elevate has also developed a flying passenger transport.
«…Within 5-7 years all comes to the fact that normal people will thinking about to order a flying car. This is the beginning — and the process will go,» says Dara Khosrowshahi.
