autonomous vehicles finally go mainstream.
The undisclosed investment is an extension of Wayvesmassive $1bn funding round, announced in May.
Under the deal, Uber has taken a minority stake in the London-based self-drivingstartup.
This data gets fed to Wayves so-called embodied AI system.
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The more the AI drives, the better it becomes at responding to hazards.
Vehicles in this category are so capable of driving themselves they technically need no driver at all.
Wayve will equip existing vehicles with Level 2+ advanced driver assistance and thenLevel 3 and 4 automated driving capabilities.
Uber eventually intends to launch self-driving vehicles on its app equipped with Wayves tech.
When exactly that will happen largely depends on regulation.
The San Francisco based firmannounceda similar tie-up with US autonomous driving startup Cruise last week.
Uber has alsooffered ridesin vehicles operated by Google autonomous car spinoff Waymo.
Story bySion Geschwindt
Sion is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy.
