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Uber Eats and Nuro Sign 10-year Deal to Test Driverless Food Deliveries

Industry: Transportation, Infrastructure & Logistics
Current: Company Performance

On September 8, 2022, Uber Eats announced that it signed a 10-year agreement with automated driving startup Nuro to test robotic or driverless food deliveries in two places in California and Texas
Customers of Uber Eats will be able to request meals and other items to be delivered using Nuro’s zero-occupant autonomous delivery cars, which are designed exclusively to transport food and other items and operate on public roads
Uber Eats intends to use its fleet of autonomous vehicles in Houston, Texas, and Mountain View, California

In its efforts to shift to automated driving as more businesses steer away from conventional vehicles, Uber Eats announced that it signed a 10-year agreement with automated driving startup Nuro to test robotic or driverless food deliveries in two places in California and Texas.

In the announcement on September 8, 2022, Uber Eats said that it intends to use its fleet of autonomous vehicles in Houston, Texas, and Mountain View, California. Four months ago, Uber launched a pilot with Motional and Serve Robotics for autonomous vehicles and sidewalk delivery machines in Los Angeles. More than a year ago, pizza chain Domino’s partnered with Nuro for “quick service” autonomous delivery vehicles, launching a pilot operation in Houston for customers who ordered online on certain days and in certain parts of the city.

The market size of dine-in and takeaway restaurants in the US increased during 2017–22, according to GlobalData.

Automated electric vehicles (EVs) became popular in the past few years as companies such as Uber intend to switch to all-electric vehicles by 2030 and Lyft plans to introduce driverless “robotaxis” as early as 2023.

The Nuro cars have a 20% smaller interior than a typical sedan, a front external airbag that resembles a huge mattress, a top speed of 45 mph on city streets, and room for two dozen grocery bags.

Customers of Uber Eats will be able to request meals and other items to be delivered using Nuro’s zero-occupant autonomous delivery cars, which are meant exclusively to transport food and other items and operate on public roads. Both partners intend to expand the service to the larger Bay Area when the alliance is launched in November 2022 with delivery in Houston, Texas, and Mountain View, California.

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