Uber partners with TomTom but not necessary for our benefit

Uber is working hard to improve navigation capabilities in their app.

theverge.com:

Uber will begin using mapping data from the navigation company TomTom, under a partnership announced Thursday. Under the multi-year deal, the San Francisco-based ride-hailing service will license TomTom's maps and traffic data for use in its smartphone app. 

 However it may be aimed for the use by their self-driving cars. In other words, without us. Nice!!!