Uber announced plans to outfit its millions of drivers' vehicles with sensors to create a distributed data-collection network for autonomous vehicle companies. CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga revealed the strategy as an extension of the company's AV Labs program, citing data scarcity as the key bottleneck for AV development. Regulatory clarity on sensor deployment is required before broad rollout.
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Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies
Uber plans to monetize its driver fleet as a distributed sensor network, positioning itself as a critical data infrastructure provider for the autonomous vehicle industry facing data scarcity bottlenecks.
Saturday, May 2, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline
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