Uber Technologies has announced it will be rolling out an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant system from early 2025 to help answer driver’s questions about electric vehicles (EVs).
The ride-hailing giant announced the update at its Go-Get Zero event in London on Tuesday in a bid to encourage greater EV adoption.
“Uber drivers are adopting EVs five times faster than the average motorist in the U.S., Canada and Europe. In London, nearly 30% of all miles driven on Uber are now electric,” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said.
According to Uber, the AI assistant – powered by Open AI’s flagship GPT-4o model – will reportedly answer questions about electric vehicles exclusively to begin with.
Questions such as where to charge EVs or which one to buy, but the integration will reportedly span into other use cases in the future, according to Tech Crunch.
The chatbox will launch in the United States and is expected to span to other locations over time.
