Deployment
Nuro Autonomous Prius at Mountain View
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 Superseded by Nuro's purpose-built R-series delivery pods.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
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/nuro-prius-ca-dmv-testing-bay-area.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/54356ed4-0260-4314-be0e-b3e6c11cff1b
- Data documentation: /data
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Operator: Nuro, running the retrofitted Prius fleet as its L4 test/mapping/validation platform on Bay Area public roads (Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto, Menlo Park) under a CA DMV drivered AV testing permit. Also supports Uber Eats delivery runs. The separate 2024-07-24 CA DMV driverless permit (up to 45 mph) names the custom R3, not the Prius.
Key facts
- Operator
- Nuro
- Permit
- CA DMV drivered AV testing
- Role
- L4 mapping/validation platform
Safety record
No incidents on record for Nuro Autonomous Prius at Mountain View.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-07-09
- Company
- Nuro
- Location
- United States/California/Mountain View
- Status
- pilot
- First seen
- 2024-08-07
- ID
54356ed4-0260-4314-be0e-b3e6c11cff1b
Sources (2)
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: pilot
Lifecycle: superseded
Architectural position
Cohort: av
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Nuro Autonomous Prius at Mountain View.Common questions
- What is the Nuro Autonomous Prius deployment at Mountain View?
- Nuro Autonomous Prius, built by Nuro, is recorded as a deployment at Mountain View on the DEPLOY registry. Nuro operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Nuro Autonomous Prius at Mountain View?
- 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 Mountain View go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting August 7, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the Nuro Autonomous Prius deployment at Mountain View?
- 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 Autonomous Prius at Mountain View safe?
- Nuro Autonomous Prius at Mountain View 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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