Inkampani Uber Technologies Inc. umemezele ukukhangwa kokutshalwa kwezimali ngenani lezigidigidi ezi-1 zamaRandi: imali izosetshenziselwa ukuthuthukisa izinsiza ezintsha zokuthutha abagibeli.
Izimali zizotholwa yisigaba se-Uber ATG - Advanced Technologies Group (iqembu lezobuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe). Imali izohlinzekwa ngabakwaToyota Motor Corp. (Toyota), DENSO Corporation (DENSO) kanye neSoftBank Vision Fund (SVF).
Kuyaphawulwa ukuthi ochwepheshe be-Uber ATG bazothuthukisa futhi bathengise ngezinsizakalo zokwabelana ngokugibela okuzenzakalelayo. Ngamanye amazwi, sikhuluma ngezinkundla zokuthutha abagibeli ezimotweni ezizishayelayo.
Njengengxenye yesivumelwano, i-Toyota ne-DENSO izohlinzeka ngokuhlanganyela i-Uber ATG ngezimali zenani lamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-667. I-SVF izotshala enye i-$ 333 yezigidi kuleli qembu. ukuthengiselana okudingekayo kuhlelwe ukuthi kuqedwe engxenyeni yesithathu yalo nyaka.
"Ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe bokushayela okuzenzakalelayo kuguqula imboni yezokuthutha, okwenza imigwaqo iphephe namadolobha akhululeke," kusho u-Uber.
Ukwethulwa kwe-autopilot kuthembisa izinguquko ezishintshayo emkhakheni wethrafikhi emigwaqweni ezicini ezine eziyinhloko: ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha, ukwehlisa isiminyaminya sezimoto, ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi okuyingozi nokonga isikhathi.
Source: 3dnews.ru