Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is trying to expand the supply of rides as demand grows.
Freight grows, with losses still to cover For Khosrowshahi, two businesses still have room to grow: freight and autonomous vehicles.
Uber Freight is essentially a digital broker that connects companies that need to ship goods by truck with trucking companies and independent drivers to make the trip happen.
Businesses pay Uber Freight, and Uber Freight pays the trucker; the arrangement mirrors the role Uber plays between customers and drivers in its core mobility business.
Uber Freight aims to address a problem that has long plagued trucking: wasted trips with empty trailers and a slow process for finding loads.