Partnership
Lucid x Nuro x Uber Robotaxi
Lucid, Nuro, and Uber are building a robotaxi service exclusive to the Uber platform: Lucid Gravity (and later Midsize) vehicles with Nuro Driver L4 autonomy, owned/operated by Uber or its fleet partners. Announced 17 Jul 2025 with an aim of 20,000+ Lucid vehicles over six years.
Expanded 14 Apr 2026 to at least 35,000 Lucid vehicles and $500M total Uber equity in Lucid. Bay Area commercial launch targeted later in 2026; Houston named second market for mid-2027. Engineering fleet nearly 100 vehicles across Bay Area and Houston; production-validation Gravity deliveries underway from Lucid's Arizona operations (Coolidge cited on Lucid's Q2 2026 call).
Nuro holds CA DMV driverless testing authorization for Lucid Gravity and a CPUC drivered pilot for passengers with a safety driver; paid driverless deployment permits are not yet in hand per Nuro (May 2026).
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- deployment
- Status
- Activeoperating
- Announced
- 2025-07-171.2 years ago
- Start
- 2026-01-059 months ago
- Active for
- 9 months
Who’s involved
Lucid Motors, American EV manufacturer developing autonomous driving technology.. Focus: US luxury EV manufacturer.. Robot: Lucid Air with DreamDrive ADAS.. HQ: Newark, CA.. Stage: Public company (NASDAQ: LCID)..
Mountain View, CA-based autonomous vehicle company founded in 2016 by Jiajun Zhu and Dave Ferguson (both ex-[Google](/companies/google) self-driving car project). Nuro developed custom autonomous delivery vehicles (R2, R3) and became the first company to receive an NHTSA exemption for a vehicle without human controls. Raised approximately .13B in total funding including 00M Series D. Recently pivoted to licensing autonomy technology, raising 06M for that initiative.
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Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) is a global ride-hailing and delivery platform. Committed $10B+ to autonomous vehicle investments through equity stakes and robotaxi fleet agreements. Partners with Waymo (exploring exit), serves as AV deployment channel in Austin and Atlanta. Exploring split with [Waymo](/companies/waymo) as tensions deepen. Stock down 16% YTD 2026.
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Sources (13)
- https://ir.lucidmotors.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lucid-nuro-and-uber-unveil-global-robotaxi-ces-announce
- https://ir.lucidmotors.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lucid-nuro-and-uber-partner-next-generation-autonomous-robotaxi · 2025-07-17
- https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2025/Lucid-Nuro-and-Uber-Partner-on-Next-Generation-Autonomous-Robotaxi-Program/default.aspx · 2025-07-17
- https://www.nuro.ai/blog/lucid-nuro-and-uber-partner-on-next-generation-autonomous-robotaxi-program · 2025-07-17
- https://ir.lucidmotors.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lucid-receive-new-investments-pif-and-uber-uber-and-lucid-expand · 2026-04-14
- https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/Uber-Nuro-and-Lucid-to-Bring-Robotaxi-Service-to-Houston-in-2027/default.aspx · 2026-06-17
- https://ir.lucidmotors.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lucid-announces-operational-reset-and-second-quarter-2026 · 2026-08-04
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811210/000162828026052548/q2fy26ex991earnings.htm · 2026-08-04
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811210/000162828026052606/lcid-20260630.htm · 2026-08-05
- https://www.nuro.ai/blog/nuro-secures-cpuc-permit-for-testing-robotaxi-passenger-service-in-california · 2026-05-08
- https://www.nuro.ai/blog/robotaxi-employee-test-rides-begin · 2026-04-13
- https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-industry-services/autonomous-vehicles/autonomous-vehicle-testing-permit-holders/ · 2026-04-03
- https://eletric-vehicles.com/lucid/lucid-cfo-says-uber-nuro-robotaxi-is-unlike-anything-else-on-the-road/ · 2026-09-24
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