"Uber said in July that it plans to deploy 20,000 or more robotaxis using Nuro's self-driving technology and Lucid's Gravity SUV, anearly $80,000 car. Ferguson told BI that the Gravity will help capture riders of Uber Black, the ride-hailing platform's premium service, as well as UberXL and UberX. That doesn't mean the Nuro Driver won't be in other vehicle platforms, he said."
"Nuro, co-founded in 2016 by Ferguson and Jiajun (JZ) Zhu, another alumnus of Google's self-driving car project, partnered with Uber to develop a fleet of robotaxis using Lucid's Gravity SUV. Uber chose San Francisco for its first market - one where hundreds of Waymos are already open for business. In an interview with Business Insider, Ferguson said that Uber, being the "largest ride-hailing network in the world," presents an opportunity to scale robotaxis at a competitive price point."
Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu co-founded Nuro in 2016 after working on Google's self-driving car project. Nuro partnered with Uber to deploy robotaxis in San Francisco using Lucid's Gravity SUV. Uber plans to deploy 20,000 or more robotaxis using Nuro's self-driving technology and the nearly $80,000 Gravity vehicle. Nuro emphasizes a dramatically less expensive technology stack and aims to leverage Uber's platform, which includes nearly 9 million drivers and couriers, to achieve economies of scale. The Gravity vehicle is positioned to capture riders of Uber Black, UberXL, and UberX while Nuro Driver may be integrated into other vehicle platforms.
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