As the race to put self-driving cars on roads heats up, four major companies have joined forces to make robotaxis a reality. Stellantis, NVIDIA, Uber, and Foxconn announced their collaboration to develop Level 4 autonomous vehicles that can drive themselves without human help in most situations.
This partnership brings together each company’s special skills like pieces of a puzzle. Stellantis handles the car-making part, using their engineering know-how and factories to build the vehicles. NVIDIA provides the smart computer brain that helps cars see and think for themselves. Uber will run these robotaxis on their popular ridesharing app, while Foxconn takes care of putting all the electronic parts together.
The robotaxis will use Stellantis’ AV-Ready platforms, including the K0 Medium Van and STLA Small models. These vehicles come packed with NVIDIA’s DRIVE AGX Hyperion 10 platform, which is like giving the car a super-smart computer brain. The cars will have multiple sensors, backup systems, and safety software to keep passengers safe during their rides.
Production is set to begin in 2028, with the first 5,000 vehicles hitting American roads. After testing how well things work in the United States, the companies plan to expand worldwide. The exact cities where these robotaxis will first appear remain a mystery for now.
Production launches in 2028 with 5,000 American vehicles before global expansion, though launch cities remain undisclosed.
Uber has big dreams for their driverless fleet. They want to deploy up to 100,000 NVIDIA-powered robotaxis starting in 2027. This ambitious goal includes 20,000 Lucid Gravity SUVs and Nuro robotaxis, with Stellantis contributing 5,000 vehicles to the mix. Uber will share driving data with NVIDIA to help improve the AI technology. NVIDIA’s strategy focuses on becoming the AV operating system for the entire autonomous vehicle industry.
This alliance represents a major step for the self-driving car industry. It combines automotive expertise, artificial intelligence, and ridesharing experience in one powerful team. The partnership could speed up how quickly robotaxis become part of everyday life and might influence how other companies approach the autonomous vehicle market. Journalists covering this story will need to register for access to official photos and press materials from the participating companies.
The collaboration shows how different industries are working together to transform transportation.
