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 Superseded by Nuro's purpose-built R-series delivery pods.

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Footage

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Nuro

Nuro's footage of its autonomy operating in Tokyo, where its fleet is Toyota Prius vehicles retrofitted with the Nuro Driver. The autonomous system is the Nuro Driver; the vehicle is the Prius.

Nuro's autonomous Prius delivery service in Mountain View included the 7-Eleven pilot launched December 1, 2021, billed as 7-Eleven's first commercial autonomous delivery service in California via the 7NOW app. It never scaled to permanent operations and wound down with Nuro's September 2024 pivot to licensing. The pilot did not convert.

Key facts

Operator
Nuro (supervised pilot)
Vehicle
Retrofitted Toyota Prius with a safety driver (not the R2)
Milestone
First autonomous delivery service in California (7-Eleven, Mountain View, December 2021)

Exposure

Deployment miles
169 (verified_ir)
Customer segment
retail
Scale tier
undisclosed

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Safety record

1 incident on record. Most recent: Apr 2021.

Severity not classified
1

Most recent: Apr 2021

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Incidents on record (1)

Direct incidents recorded against this deployment. Retracted incidents are excluded here but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Machine verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
Nuro Autonomous Prius
Company
Nuro
Location
United States/California/Mountain View
Status
ended
Operator type
maker operated
First seen
2024-11-01
ID
230f245e-b115-4da9-835c-089d3d39a771

Timeline

  1. Nov 2024
    First recorded
    Nuro Autonomous Prius first documented operating at Mountain View.
  2. May 2026
    created
  3. Jun 2026
    field updated
    model/slug re-anchor: nuro-r2-mountain-view → nuro-prius-mountain-view -> model nuro-prius; status ended
  4. Jun 2026
    field updated
    sources: source added → Mountain View Voice: Nuro launches self-driving vehicle deliveries in Mountain View
  5. Jul 2026
    field updated
    deploymentMilesEstimate: unset → 169
  6. Jul 2026
    field updated
    exposureBasis: unset → verified_ir
  7. Jul 2026
    Current status: ended, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Nuro Autonomous Prius operates in Mountain View. Explore the full verified map:

Verifications (1)

  • Machine verified by DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 1.5 re-verification)2026-05-30

    Evidence: https://www.nuro.ai/blog/driving-forward-nuro-goes-driverless-in-3-cities

    asOf
    2026-05-30
    basis
    Nuro Driver L4 driverless operations active (zero-occupant vehicles) in Houston and the Bay Area (Mountain View/Palo Alto); operational area expanded ~70% (Houston) / ~83% (Bay Area), now operating after dark. Deployment reflects Nuro Driver R&D/driverless ops (modeled here as nuro-r2). Nuro pivoted to licensing the Nuro Driver in 2024; first-party robotaxi (Lucid/Uber) targeted late 2026.
    status
    active

Sources (5)

  1. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nuro-goes-fully-driverless-in-three-cities-advances-capabilities-of-the-nuro-driver-302309214.html
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuro_(company)
  3. https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2021/12/01/nuro-launches-self-driving-vehicle-deliveries-in-mountain-view-the-first-ever-in-california/
  4. Nuro and 7-Eleven launch autonomous delivery service in California · https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/01/nuro-7-eleven-autonomous-delivery-service-california/ · 2021-12-01
  5. 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 · 5 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: superseded

Architectural position

Cohort: av

Sources by quality tier

2
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication
1
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
1
knowledge-base
Knowledge base
1
unclassified
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 November 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Is the Nuro Autonomous Prius deployment at Mountain View 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 Mountain View?
1 active incident affecting this deployment is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.

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