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Nuro Autonomous Prius at Houston

Nuro's first-generation autonomous vehicle: a retrofitted Toyota Prius used for early on-road testing and the December 2021 Mountain View supervised delivery pilot (7-Eleven; first autonomous delivery service in California). Superseded by Nuro's purpose-built R-series delivery pods.

Nuro Autonomous Prius by Nuro · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Robotaxis

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Kroger and Nuro launched an autonomous grocery-delivery service in Houston in March 2019, Nuro's flagship grocery partnership after an earlier Arizona pilot. It never scaled to a permanent commercial rollout and wound down with Nuro's September 2024 pivot to licensing. The pilot did not convert.

Exposure

Customer segment
logistics
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Nuro Autonomous Prius
Company
Nuro
Location
United States/Texas/Houston
Operator
Nuro
Status
ended
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
2 to 10 units
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2023-01-01
ID
0973745f-26ef-4f9e-bc9a-f32f7cf663ac

Timeline

  1. Jan 2023
    First recorded
    Nuro Autonomous Prius first documented operating at Houston.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: ended, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

  1. Kroger and Nuro Launch Autonomous Delivery Service in Houston · https://ir.kroger.com/news/news-details/2019/Kroger-and-Nuro-Launch-Autonomous-Delivery-Service-in-Houston/default.aspx · 2019-03-14
  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
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: superseded

Architectural position

Cohort: av

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primary-company-ir
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1
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Industry publication

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Common questions

What is the Nuro Autonomous Prius deployment at Houston?
Nuro Autonomous Prius, built by Nuro, is recorded as a deployment at Houston on the DEPLOY registry. Nuro operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Nuro Autonomous Prius at Houston?
Nuro, the manufacturer of Nuro Autonomous Prius, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Nuro Autonomous Prius deployment at Houston go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Is the Nuro Autonomous Prius 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 Autonomous Prius 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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