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san francisco bay area will be the first market for uberspecially built autonomous taxiWhich is expected to launch in late 2026 company Said on Wednesday.
san francisco-based ride-hailing company announced in July that it is developing a robotaxi with electric car company clear meaning and self-driving technology company Nuro Inc.
The vehicle is exclusive to Uber but is based on the Lucid Gravity SUV.
Uber said it plans to test 100 vehicles On the road in the coming months after Lucid recently signed them to Nuro.
Uber said it plans to deploy 20,000 or more Lucid-based autonomous vehicles within six years taxi many places. The vehicles will be available to riders through the Uber app.
Uber is working with several companies to accelerate the deployment of autonomous taxis.
On Tuesday, Uber said it is also developing robotaxis with the tech company NVIDIA and automaker Stellantis. Uber said on Tuesday that in 2028, Stellantis expects to begin production of at least 5,000 vehicles powered by Nvidia software for autonomous taxi operations in the US.
And last week, Uber said it had started offering autonomous taxi rides saudi arabia As part of the partnership with WeRide, a Sugar Autonomous technology company.
Autonomous taxis aren’t new, but as the world’s largest ride-hailing service, Uber’s adoption of them is significant. Uber operates in 15,000 cities in more than 70 countries.
waymoowned by Google Parents alphabethas been testing autonomous taxis for years. Those taxis are currently available surprisesan francisco, los angeles, atlanta And AustinWaymo said earlier this month that it plans to expand London Next year.
Uber is partnering with Waymo on autonomous taxis in Austin.