The ride-hailing provider Uber is aiming to have 100,000 robotaxis on the platform in the future.
October 29, 2025, 05:23October 29, 2025, 05:23
One key to this should be new car computers from chip giant Nvidia, which are intended to bring hardware for autonomous driving into cars from various manufacturers.
Uber is teaming up with Nvidia for its robotaxis.Image: keystone
When Uber and Nvidia announced, there was no information about when the target of 100,000 robotaxis could be reached. The first vehicles with Nvidia’s new computer platform should be available in 2027.
Among the first robotaxis with Nvidia hardware at Uber are at least 5,000 vehicles from Opel parent company Stellantis, as the ride-hailing agent announced. Mercedes-Benz and Tesla competitor Lucid are also working on vehicles that are compatible with Nvidia’s new platform called Drive AGX Hyperion 10, it was said.
Uber already had robotaxi plans
Uber had already announced in the summer that it wanted to become a robotaxi provider itself – and would thus compete with the drivers on the platform itself. It was said that at least 20,000 self-driving cars based on SUVs from the electric car manufacturer Lucid will be introduced in various countries over the next six years. The vehicles will belong to Uber or the online service’s fleet partners.
Uber has previously demonstrated ambitions to become the leading platform for robotaxis from various developers. In some US cities, self-driving cars from Google sister company Waymo can already be booked via the Uber app.
Robotaxis from Volkswagen are also set to come onto the platform. Uber also announced that it would sell self-driving cars from the Chinese company Baidu outside the USA. Uber gave up developing its own technology for autonomous driving years ago – after a fatal accident during an evening test drive. (sda/dpa)