# Nuro Autonomous Prius at Mountain View: deployment

Canonical ID: `54356ed4-0260-4314-be0e-b3e6c11cff1b`

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

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

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** nuro-prius-ca-dmv-testing-bay-area
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Nuro Autonomous Prius](/models/nuro-prius.md) (id: `c92b6850-a94e-4a13-997f-54967796f85d`)
- **Company:** [Nuro](/companies/nuro.md) (id: `24cc7835-a940-4663-a48b-803f6e546dea`)
- **Location:** [Mountain View](/locations/united-states/california/mountain-view-ca.md) (id: `003bf35b-6efe-4a4b-9079-f98caae14d84`)
- **First seen:** 2024-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## 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/

## 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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