backNvidia and Uber announced a partnership to deploy a network of up to 100,000 fully autonomous robotaxis, with initial rollout expected in 2027. According to Nvidia, the initiative will rely on the Drive AGX Hyperion 10 platform, a reference architecture designed to support level-4 automation, enabling vehicles to operate without human intervention within predefined geographical areas. Although ambitious, the companies have not committed to a timeline for reaching full scale, a target that far exceeds the current fleet sizes of competitors such as Waymo, which operates approximately 2,000 robotaxis.
The fleet itself will be manufactured by automotive partners including Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz and Lucid Motors, while Uber will focus solely on operating the autonomous ride-hailing network. The technology is built with extensive redundancy across sensors and computing components to ensure safe-stop capability and will be supported by an AI data-training ecosystem using the Cosmos model family. The announcement comes amid growing competition in the autonomous vehicle sector, with GM and Tesla both accelerating their respective strategies for next-generation automated driving systems.
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