The San Francisco-based company is partnering with Motional, an autonomous driving joint venture between Hyundai Motor Co. and Aptiv Plc, to enable self-driving rides, Uber said in a statement on Wednesday.Noah Zick, global head of autonomous mobility and delivery at Uber, said in the statement, “Motional has proven itself as an industry leader in driving autonomous technology and moving forward safely toward a driverless future.” used to be.”Uber sold off its autonomous vehicle division two years ago and the latest partnership shows that while the company is advancing, others are retreating.Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG-backed Argo AI closed in November and Apple Inc this week scaled back self-driving plans for its future electric vehicle and pushed back the car’s target launch date by nearly a year, Bloomberg reported.turned back adjourned forBoth Uber and Lyft Inc have changed their strategy in recent years to push self-driving cars amid a greater focus on profitability and less pressure on costly bets."