# Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) at Jersey City — deployment

Canonical ID: `349eadca-5b4f-4aec-8497-de0c78ebe967`

Operator: Avride with Uber Eats. Avride sidewalk delivery robots (cooler-sized, distinct from the Ioniq 5 robotaxi) operate in Jersey City, New Jersey — introduced February 2025, the first East Coast city to offer Uber 'delivery by robot.' Site of the October 22, 2025 cyclist injury (see incident). NOTE: linked to the Avride model record as the operator's delivery program; the delivery bots are a different form factor than the robotaxi but share the operator. (If a distinct delivery-bot model is later created, repoint this deployment.)

## Key facts

- **Service:** Uber Eats sidewalk delivery robots
- **Launched:** February 2025 (first US East Coast robot-delivery city)

## Incidents on record (1)

- [Avride delivery robot struck a cyclist in Jersey City, who suffered a broken clavicle and concussion](/incidents/avride-jersey-city-cyclist-injury-2025-10-22.md) — 2025-10-22 · Injury

_Direct incidents recorded against this deployment. Retracted incidents excluded from this view but reachable at their canonical URLs._

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-05-26_

- **Slug:** avride-delivery-jersey-city
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5)](/models/avride-robotaxi.md) — id `ea6e1e0c-2941-46e1-858d-3e95ec7482d7`
- **Company:** [Avride](/companies/avride.md) — id `4143e494-260e-49c8-8d04-3e85d9c7218a`
- **Location:** [Jersey City](/locations/jersey-city.md) — id `911b848e-cebb-4a6f-bb39-5b06884bbb05`
- **First seen:** 2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **Avride delivery robots in Jersey City since Feb 2025, first East Coast city** · https://www.newsweek.com/bicyclist-suing-crash-delivery-robot-new-jersey-lawsuit-11952852 · 2026-05-11

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