Overview
- The three companies publicly announced Houston as their second market on Wednesday, targeting public robotaxi rides in mid-2027 after an initial San Francisco debut later this year.
- Nuro is running supervised on-road testing in Houston and California with an engineering fleet of nearly 100 Lucid Gravity vehicles as Lucid begins building production-validation robotaxis in Arizona.
- Uber has secured a 50,000-square-foot Houston depot with access to four megawatts of power, 40 fast chargers and 15 service bays to handle charging, maintenance and fleet operations by early 2027.
- Uber has increased financial commitments tied to the program, including roughly $500 million in investments and a minimum purchase pledge of 35,000 Lucid vehicles to supply the robotaxi fleet.
- Driverless, fully unattended service remains subject to further validation and state permits, which will determine the rollout speed and shape local impacts on drivers, transit use and EV production scale.