Hertz has been hard at work over the last several years to modernize its business. That has come with some growing pains, particularly for some customers who have interacted with its AI inspection scanners. But, undeterred, it’s now forging on into the domain of autonomous ridesharing services, introducing a new subsidiary called Oro Mobility that is partnering with Uber.
This Quartz story on the announcement, which almost reads like one of those memes about the deluge of nonsense streaming services or B2B apps, says that Oro will be tasked with “the operational upkeep of Uber’s autonomous robotaxi program,” which involves Lucid cars running a self-driving hardware and software stack from Nuro.
However, until the autonomous side of things truly gets off the ground, Oro will also field a fleet of drivers it has employed that will be accessible through Uber. That service is already running in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and is scheduled to kick off in New Jersey before the summer.
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Author: Adam Ismail
