Uber makes multi-million-dollar investment in Lucid and Nuro to build a premium robotaxi service

Uber, Hundreds of millions of dollars in a proposal to launch his prize robotaxi service, hundreds of millions of dollars in the autonomous vehicle technology, investing hundreds of millions of dollars.

On Thursday, Uber on the contract, announced that the newly Maker will buy at least 20,000 in the next six years. The EVS Nuro will be equipped with the autonomous vehicle system and vehicles will be managed and managed by Uber or third party fleet partners. Uber plans to start a robotaxi service in a large US city next year.

The production of these modified Lucid gravity is expected to begin in late 2026. According to the regulatory document.

Uber invests in Nuro, the amount “VERY hundred million dollars” in the same time. A source of a source familiar with the agreement, the amount was more than investment in Lucid in Lucid, he said.

The agreement between the three companies was a year, the Nuro co-founder and President Dave Ferguson Techcrunch was a year.

“I think how a reflection of the meat is probably a reflection of the meat,” he added that he had time with almost every AV company to make a great commitment to the Robotaxi program and find the most suitable partner.

“We were excited that this was the selected partner at the end of everything.”

Engineers in Ferguson, Lucid and Nuro have already made progress over the project. Companies tested a prototype driverless vehicle on the basics of Nuro in Las Vegas.

Uber did not lock the last two years with autonomous vehicle technology companies covering the spectrum of how their self-driving systems will be used to the world. Walking giant partnered with more than 18 companies worldwide walkingDelivery and load. Only this year, only announced the deals Ann Arbor, Michigan Based May Mobility VolkswagenMomta in Chinese self-driving firms as well as Gladdenand baidu.

Uber’s highest profile partnership in the United States – and one of the commercial activities today – with Waymo. Companies offer Waymo service in Uber Austin and Atlanta.

This deal shows how much Uber is ready to invest in how much money, even dominated and evenly dominated autonomous vehicle market.