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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 Superseded by Nuro's purpose-built R-series delivery pods.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 · Robotaxis

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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

Exposure

Customer segment
logistics
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Nuro Autonomous Prius at Mountain View.

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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/California/Mountain View
Operator
Nuro
Status
pilot
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
2 to 10 units
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2024-08-07
ID
54356ed4-0260-4314-be0e-b3e6c11cff1b

Timeline

  1. Aug 2024
    First recorded
    Nuro Autonomous Prius first documented operating at Mountain View.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: pilot, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

  1. https://www.mv-voice.com/technology/2024/08/07/bigger-faster-self-driving-delivery-vehicles-are-coming-to-mountain-view-streets/
  2. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nuro-driver/
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: superseded

Architectural position

Cohort: av

Sources by quality tier

2
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Unclassified source

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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.

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