Uber announced, in July, a partnership to deploy more than 20,000 robotaxis over the next six years. As part of the partnership, the ride-hailing company is teaming up with Lucid, the electric vehicle maker, and Nuro, an autonomous vehicle startup. Under the agreement, Uber will invest $300 million in Lucid. Nuro will develop the self-driving technology that Lucid will use to supply Uber with robotaxis over the course of the deal and receive a multi-hundred-million-dollar investment. The partnership follows Uber’s alliance with Waymo earlier this year. Uber and Waymo plan to launch robotaxis in a major U.S. urban hub next year.
Source: CNBC
