Wired July 12, 2026 • 19:55

Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption - WIRED

By Aarian Marshall

Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption - WIRED

In at least two places, Uber has pushed a policy that could give it an advantage over developers of self-driving cars. The company says it’s fighting monopolies.

A decade ago, then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said he saw autonomous vehicles as an existential threat to the ride-hail company's business model.
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