# Nuro R2 at Houston: deployment

Canonical ID: `e4c471c7-79c8-4169-9d3e-40ea9c6d5951`

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.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** nuro-fedex-houston
- **Status:** ended
- **Model:** [Nuro R2](/models/nuro-r2.md) (id: `275b75ca-33c8-4d8d-82ce-3801e5505e85`)
- **Company:** [Nuro](/companies/nuro.md) (id: `24cc7835-a940-4663-a48b-803f6e546dea`)
- **Location:** [Houston](/locations/houston.md) (id: `360f0034-a348-409b-b804-fdbf8b23794b`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **FedEx and Nuro test autonomous delivery** · https://newsroom.fedex.com/newsroom/global/nuro · 2021-06-15
2. **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

## 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.


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