Uber, Cruise partner to bring autonomous vehicles to Uber platform

AUSTIN, Texas - Uber and Cruise are partnering up to bring Cruise's autonomous vehicles to the Uber platform.

The multi-year partnership is projected to launch next year with a dedicated number of autonomous vehicles.

When it launches, Uber customers may have the option to have their qualifying trip fulfilled by a Cruise autonomous vehicle.

The company responsible for the majority of autonomous vehicles in Austin said you won't be seeing them without drivers for a while

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It's currently unclear if this partnership will operate in Austin as Cruise has not yet resumed operations here.

The company temporarily paused operations across Texas last October following a crash and reports of cars malfunctioning.

As of June, Cruise resumed supervised autonomous driving in Phoenix, Houston and Dallas, in addition to ongoing testing in Dubai.