Uber research and development expenses worldwide 2016 to 2018
This statistic presents the annual research and development expenditure of Uber attributed towards its self-driving unit between 2016 and 2018 in millions of U.S. dollars. The ride-hailing company continues to increase its investment into self-driving vehicles and the R&D expenses for this area rose to 457 million U.S. dollars in 2018, up 73 million on the previous year. Many companies are racing to be have the first road-safe self-driving fleet which Uber believes will be a vital part of future business.
