Uber and Nuro have begun testing a premium robotaxi service in San Francisco using Lucid Gravity SUVs equipped with Nuro's autonomous driving system. The current testing phase involves select Uber employees with human safety operators as backup, ahead of a planned public launch later this year. This represents significant progress since Uber's $300 million investment in Lucid and separate multi-hundred-million dollar investment in Nuro announced in 2025.
Background
Autonomous vehicle technology has been developing for years, with companies testing various levels of self-driving capabilities. Uber previously had an autonomous vehicle division that it sold to Aurora in 2020 after a fatal accident, but has since returned to the space through partnerships.
- Source
- TechCrunch
- Published
- Apr 14, 2026 at 05:11 AM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10