Google plans to launch a taxi based on robotic cars

Google is one of the main investors in Uber, which is developing a mobile application for finding, calling and paying for taxis or private drivers. Using the Uber application, the customer reserves the car with the driver and tracks its movement on the smartphone to the specified point.



In August 2013, Google Ventures invested $ 258 million in Uber. It was the biggest investment in the history of Google Ventures, Bloomberg writes . It would seem, why search company to create a competitor for your partner? But she plans to do it.



This news looks even more strange because Google’s senior vice president and legal director David Drummond joined Uber’s board of directors in 2013 and is still there.

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Nevertheless, there is evidence that Google is going to launch its own mobile application to search for a taxi. According to one of the members of the board of directors of Uber, David Drummond notified them of such a possibility. According to the source, in the light of the current situation, the board of directors is now considering the issue of the dismissal of Drummond.



Probably, the taxi service will work on the basis of unmanned vehicles, which is now creating Google. Of course, this is not a matter of tomorrow. We still need to improve the technology and get legal support. So in the next couple of years, Uber and the owners of other taxis can sleep well, but then they may have to face a powerful competitor.



By the way, Uber recently announced that it is also working on the technology of unmanned vehicles.