Deployment
Nuro R2 at Houston
Second-generation Nuro autonomous road vehicle. Low-speed automotive form factor, goods-only (no passenger compartment). Deployed in Houston, Mountain View, and Scottsdale. Classified as `av` form factor; regulatory regime is road-vehicle, not sidewalk. Nuro pivoted from first-party delivery to AV technology licensing (the Nuro Driver). Current R2 operations in Mountain View and Houston are Nuro's own R&D fleet validating the Nuro Driver, not customer deployments; the model is classified research to reflect this post-pivot state.
Nuro R2 by Nuro · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
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- Data documentation: /data
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FedEx and Nuro announced a multi-year parcel-logistics pilot in June 2021, Nuro's first parcel-delivery partnership, running in Houston. It did not scale to commercial operations and was among the partnerships wound down with Nuro's September 2024 pivot to licensing. The pilot did not convert.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Nuro R2 at Houston.
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-07-09
- Model
- Nuro R2
- Company
- Nuro
- Location
- Houston
- Status
- ended
- ID
e4c471c7-79c8-4169-9d3e-40ea9c6d5951
Sources (2)
- FedEx and Nuro test autonomous delivery · https://newsroom.fedex.com/newsroom/global/nuro · 2021-06-15
- Nuro pivots to license self-driving tech to carmakers · https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/11/nuro-pivots-to-license-self-driving-tech-to-carmakers-mobility-companies/ · 2024-09-11
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-09
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: research
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: av
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Nuro R2 at Houston.Common questions
- What is the Nuro R2 deployment at Houston?
- Nuro R2, built by Nuro, is recorded as a deployment at Houston on the DEPLOY registry. Nuro operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Nuro R2 at Houston?
- Nuro, the manufacturer of Nuro R2, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Is the Nuro R2 deployment at Houston still active?
- As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.
- Have there been incidents at the Nuro R2 deployment at Houston?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
- Is Nuro R2 at Houston safe?
- Nuro R2 at Houston has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
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