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Avride launches sidewalk delivery bots on Uber Eats in Jersey City

Uber Eats customers in Jersey City can now have their orders delivered by one of Avride’s autonomous sidewalk delivery robots. The launch, which kicked

During Uber’s fourth-quarter earnings report last week, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi noted that 2024 was a turning point for the AV industry, which he estimates represents a trillion-dollar opportunity in the U.S. alone. Despite this optimism, he warned that AV commercialization will take a while due to a number of factors, including high costs to outfit vehicles with sensor suits, a fragmented regulatory environment, seasonal demand fluctuations, and the need to achieve “superhuman” levels of safety. Previously, she covered social media for Forbes.com, and her work has appeared in Bloomberg CityLab, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, i-D (Vice) and more.

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