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Nuro
Uber-backed Nuro has received an updated licence to trial its Lucid Gravity robotaxis connected California streets, according to recent DMV documents. It's a cardinal measurement successful Uber's scheme to deploy 100,000 driverless vehicles successful nan US, including up to 35,000 powered by Nuro's self-driving technology. The companies expect to statesman fully-autonomous testing later this year, a spokesperson told TechCrunch.
Nuro, backed by NVIDIA, Toyota and Uber, has go a cardinal subordinate successful nan robotaxi and autonomous conveyance arena, having already received a California DMV licence for driverless deliveries pinch its R3 Nuro Robot vehicle. At CES 2026 successful January, Nuro and Uber unveiled their robotaxi creation based connected nan three-row Lucid Gravity electrical crossover. It will characteristic a multi-pronged sensor system, including high-res cameras, lidar sensors, and radar, on pinch a roof-mounted LED display. The interior will connection luxuries for illustration rider-controlled heated seats.
So far, Uber and Nuro person only operated nan Lucid Gravity EVs successful autonomous mode pinch a quality information driver and constricted those rides to Uber employees. However, nan caller licence will let nan companies to trial nan vehicles without quality operators astatine speeds up to 45 mph, time aliases night, successful Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Nuro has besides been testing its Lucid robotaxis successful Tokyo with quality drivers arsenic a backup.
Yesterday arsenic portion of its earnings release, Lucid said that it planned to motorboat nan robotaxi work "later this year." The EV shaper besides revealed that Uber had boosted its backing successful nan institution to $500 cardinal and accrued its bid from 20,000 to 35,000 vehicles. Before commercialized services start, Nuro and Uber will require permits for ride-hailing licence arsenic good arsenic a DMV deployment permit.
