Uber and Vehicle Company, Nuro, Announce 10-Year Partnership Deal for Food Deliveries in Texas and California
Uber Technologies, Inc. ( NYSE:UBER) and Nuro, a leading autonomous vehicle company, today announced a multi-year partnership to use Nuro’s autonomous, electric vehicles for food deliveries in the United States.
Uber Eats consumers will be able to order meals and goods delivered by Nuro’s zero-occupant autonomous delivery vehicles, which run on public roads and are built specifically to carry food and other goods. The partnership will kick off this fall with deliveries in Houston, TX and Mountain View, CA. Uber and Nuro plan to expand the service to the greater Bay Area.
“Nuro and Uber share a vision in which technology can make everyday life just a little bit easier,” said Noah Zych, Global Head of Autonomous Mobility and Delivery at Uber. “Nuro’s distinctive autonomous vehicles are a great match for the Uber platform, and this partnership will bring a compelling combination of innovation alongside the convenience, affordability and reliability our customers and merchants have come to expect.”
