> Through this expanded partnership, Uber will provide fleet management services including vehicle cleaning, repair, and other general depot operations. Waymo will continue to be responsible for the testing and operation of the Waymo Driver, including roadside assistance and certain rider support functions.
A lot of the operations for Waymo were also done by contractors Alphabet hired via Adecco.
Most contract hiring at Google is hired from Adecco.
For example - https://www.adecco.com/en-us/job-search/project-manager-ii-m...
They are now entirely reliant on quarter to quarter consumer spending and the performance of three stock holdings which are completely out of their hands.
Expect more and more manufactured headlines to keep the AV story in tact.
Offloading all that to Uber who can basically become a marketplace of robotaxis and service many companies makes a lot of sense for both companies.
You have to always remember that the competition is a guy in a car charging a couple bucks a mile